Two British Columbians who had hired a 'surrogate' mother, changed their minds and wanted the woman to abort. The fetus apparently had Down's syndrome. The pregnant woman resisted abortion but then acquiesced.
Technology means the systematic application of scientific and other organised knowledge to practical tasks by their division into component parts. By reducing human procreation to component parts, technology causes sperm, egg and gestational capacity to become 'factors of reproduction.' The BC commissioning couple could purchase the missing factor of gestational ability, but contributing a factor to widget production is different from being pregnant, which involves the whole woman including her body and emotions.
When preconception intent is used to determine parenthood, a pregnant woman can become only a 'babysitter.' Commissioners also become entitled to interrupt the gestational process based on the presumed quality of the product - even though intentions about child rearing can alter before, during and after a pregnancy. BioNews
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