Rhetorical Analysis Essay

Womb for Rent
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Womb for Rent
The essay “Womb for Rent” by Goodman, E. (2012) outlines the world of surrogate motherhood and its increasing growth worldwide, especially to a population that seeks to evade the “burden” of carrying a child. Ellen defines the reasons why many women opt to participate in surrogacy and dwell mostly on the specific reasons that result in women accepting to host a “foreign” baby.
Ellen’s essay highly leans on the reasons as to why a low-income woman would agree to offer her womb as a childbirth “plant”. She gives examples of the need for money and the encouraging policies issued by surrogate-supporting economies (Goodman, 2012). As much as the global production of babies is encouraged in India, with a government that highly regards the activity as an income generating, specifically, a “growth industry”.
Logically, if my wife was unable to conceive a child, we would have to settle for a surrogate. Children are a source of joy and a family seems incomplete without one (Goodman, 2012). It is easy to neglect the risks that come with contracting foreign motherhood since one assumes that the “investment” made should always reap something positive, a child.
From an emotional perspective, Ellen describes how inhumane it is to use these women’s wombs to fulfill personal desires. She argues, through rhetoric questions, on how the act has demoralized the ethnic values of motherhood and further expedites on the matter of demeaning child-bearing towards the conclusion of the respective essay (Goodman, 2012).

In conclusion, Ellen almost creates a Red Herring misconception whereby she tries to convince the reader to evade surrogacy but declines to depict the risks associated with childbirth. Therefore, it should be highly recommended that the reader understands the cons outweigh the pros when it comes to surrogacy.
Reference
Goodman Ellen (2012). Womb for Rent. In J. Ramage, J. Bean & J. Johnson (Eds.), Writing arguments: A rhetoric with readings (p. 169). Boston, MA: Pearson.