An article titled "Baby M and the Surrogacy Issue," discusses the oldest court case involving surrogacy. In this case, the surrogate mother, Mary Beth Whitehead, decided that she did not want to give away the baby she had been carrying for the past nine months. The couple who had hired Whitehead as a surrogate went to court to get the baby back and their case prevailed. The author of the article, Clyde Haberman, appears to be impartial and not take a position on the issue. However, he points out that although it is banned in some states, there is no national policy regarding surrogacy. I will argue that it would be morally correct to ban surrogacy completely. Emmanuel Kant's categorical imperative says: “act so as to treat humanity, whether your own person or that of another, always as an end and never only as a means,” (Parks 12). Surrogacy uses a woman's body as a means to have a baby. Surrogacy, in theory, takes a woman's body, damages it during gestation and birth, and then lets the woman carry on after being damaged. A surrogate mother goes through pain and suffering and gets nothing because the child she created is taken away from her. Surrogacy is therefore morally wrong because it uses a woman as a means. Surrogates are compensated for their work, but there are many moral issues that arise from this process. First, surrogacy in America is very expensive and not everyone can afford it. It is a violation of inequality to offer some couples opportunities that are not universal. Another problem that arises is the choice of a surrogate mother. People with more money can afford to hire prettier or smarter surrogates. Paying more for brains or beauty can be seen as selfish or bad parenting, because it means paying for... half of paper... who otherwise wouldn't be able to have children on their own. it is morally wrong. It uses the woman's body as a machine and a means, and women are forced to accept surrogacy for the wrong reasons. Surrogacy is morally wrong because of the emotional trauma it can cause the surrogate mother after the birth of the child. With all these negative aspects, it is clear that other options should be considered, options such as adoptions, which bring more benefits than losses. Works Cited Haberman, Clyde. “Baby M and the issue of surrogacy.” The New York Times. The New York Times, March 23, 2014. Web. March 24, 2014. Steinbock, Bonnie. “Payment for Egg Donation and Surrogacy.” Bioethics in a changing world. By Jennifer A. Parks and Victoria S. Wike. 1st ed. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2010. 400-09. Print.We cannot forget Kant. Chapter 12. Reading Sakai.