Harshali Zine strongly advocates adoption over surrogacy!

#PriyankaChopraJonas and #NickJonas opting for surrogacy became a talking point recently. Even author #TaslimaNasreen reacted to the same and tweeted: “I won’t accept surrogacy until rich women become surrogate moms. I won’t accept burqa until men wear it out of love. I won’t accept prostitution until male brothel are built and men wait for female customers. Otherwise, surrogacy, burqa, prostitution are just exploitation of women and poor (sic)”.

The actor says that she supports Taslima Nasreen as she is talking fair and even. Talking on the topic Harshali Zine says, “I couldn’t question because it’s legal. But, people who have credibility should question since it is the trading of human beings. By supporting surrogacy we are supporting exploitation”.

She also speaks about the pros and cons, and why she prefers adoption. “In this case there are two women involved, one who cannot bear her child in her womb for whatever reason it could be and the other who is ready to nurture a new life in her womb in exchange for money, gets artificially inseminated. From the modern world perspective, it’s very progressive and practical as both the parties are benefitting. It’s a kind of business and a trend too. Surrogacy is considered cool in the modern world and I won’t be surprised if in the future, machines would be used as carriers. Everything is cool in the mechanical world we are heading towards,” she says.

From a spiritual perspective, according to the actor, it’s immoral. “Giving away the child after birth causes immeasurable pain because of the bond between the pregnant mother and the child she is carrying. Appointing a surrogate to carry your child and trading the child for money both are unethical. Children are a gift and not a right. A child is born out of a union of two people, the third person should not be involved,” she explains.

Harshali shares that she is nobody to judge individual choices. The actor is quite vocal about the fact that she does not support surrogacy.

She adds, “I’m a strong advocate of adoption. If you can’t have your own children please adopt because there are so many innocent lives who need love, care and nurturing. They end up growing up in shelters and a lot of times on the road. Use your money to help a life and not take advantage of someone else’s situation and promote them to get into such a trading business. Sushmita Sen and Raveena Tandon Thadani are perfect examples. Both were very young and single when they adopted girls. Sushmita Sen has raised two girls as a single mother. They should be our role models.”