A single father can also get the happiness of a child by ‘surrogate womb’

Men who are not married or who are separated or have lost their spouse can also seek child happiness through ‘surrogacy’. However, the process of getting a child through surrogacy is not an easy one for a single father. Such men not only face various challenges related to surrogacy, but also the high cost and availability of embryos, among other challenges.

Furthermore, negative attitudes towards surrogacy persist in most communities, especially in the more conservative and religious communities, despite significant changes in public perception in recent decades. However, various studies show that children born in ‘surrogacy’ to a single father are psychologically stronger and adapt more easily to the family structure and culture.There is no reason to believe that children growing up in the care of single fathers face more challenges and dangers on the emotional aspect. Studies also show that like any other family, families formed on the basis of surrogacy also have a normal parent-child relationship and their psychological and emotional development is not adversely affected. In such a situation, single men should not be prevented from getting the pleasure of becoming a father through a ‘surrogate womb’. Prejudices in the society about single fathers and their relationship with children need to be removed.

This will help in bringing more positivity in father-child relationship in surrogacy based families. In addition, the process of surrogacy has to be simplified for single men in countries where surrogacy is legal and extremely common. For this, health workers will have to be motivated to adopt a non-discriminatory attitude towards single women or single fathers like couples.

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