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General Consent Worries (page 3 of 3) (i.e. not about payment)
• Direct experiential knowledge is needed to adequately understand certain things: e.g. childbirth, pregnancy, ‘giving up’ your baby
– This could be an argument for only allowing women who have already been through childbirth to become surrogates
– In general, direct experiential knowledge of x is not required in order to validly consent to x
– Is there any reason to apply this high consent standard to surrogacy?
• Women’s altruism (directed or otherwise), family relationships, or enjoyment of being pregnant could be taken advantage of
– Parallels some concerns about living about organ donation
– It is possible to validly consent to self‐sacrifice
– It seems odd to base a consent‐objection on the person’s willingness to do
something, although perhaps ‘over‐eagerness’ can be a genuine concern
Compensation vs. Inducements / Incentives
• Reimbursement of travel etc. and loss of actual earnings
• Compensation for non‐monetary harm, such as inconvenience (could also include pain, risk, etc.)
• Making (or attempting to make) the person better off than they would otherwise have been
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