Erin McGreehan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Following on from what Senator Ruane spoke about, I have a very simple question: is uncompensated surrogacy unethical? Every single person in the process is getting paid: the doctors, the solicitors - everyone. I have four children. It is not easy. Is it unethical to expect a woman to do that, to be all virtuous, all grace and all love and to give all that for someone else just out of the goodness of her heart? Many people use their bodies in many different ways for their professions. I am not talking about sex; I am talking about sportspeople, models and many other people. Is it actually unethical not to pay or to compensate a woman for doing such a tremendous thing?