Surrogacy | Abandonment

This piece of news appeared in my news feed yesterday, basically about an actress from China who allegedly have abandoned her 2 children born by surrogates. Her husband is currently with the children in the US while the actress has returned to China

Links: 

https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3118364/chinese-actress-zheng-shuangs-surrogacy

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/22/china/china-celebrity-surrogacy-scandal-dst-intl-hnk/index.html#:~:text=Actress%20Zheng%20Shuang%20has%20been,babies%20in%20the%20United%20States.&text=A%20Chinese%20media%20outlet%20subsequently,January%202020%20in%20the%20US.

Incidentally, the South China Morning Post has become one on my favourite news portal. Their articles appear to be well-researched, are written well in eloquent English, with intelligent content, and at just the right length (not too long that we lost the plot, nor too short that we need to read other articles to fill in the gaps).

There could be many reasons why people may opt for surrogacy. Kim Kardashian for one, had a challenging first pregnancy that she asked someone else carry her baby, and she remained a doting mother to her children, or so it appears on social media.

If surrogacy is an option and allowed by my religion, would I do it? Maybe not. I am already a bad mom (and I carried all 5 to full term). I cannot imagine being detached from a child who is being carried and will be born to me. I would feel so aloof and uncaring (I think/ speculate).

In the future it is perhaps best not to have children because everyone will be too busy or self-centred/ spoilt or live too much in the virtual world to (be able to) care for another human being. My prediction is that people will gravitate towards pets who they do not have to put through school/ university, and pets give companionship without judgement. This trend is already happening now as we speak.

And as the world becomes more uncertain, with conflict in some areas, with income disparity and poverty in others, it is perhaps best for each person to take care of himself and not others. Spouse, maybe, because we're talking about an independent adult but children will be an option in many families soon (if not already).