One ethical critique of surrogacy is that it amounts to baby selling and disregards human dignity.

• A. Baby Selling
• B. Commodification
• C. Exploitation
• D. Unnaturalness

Answer: (A)

The concern being tested is commodification of human life in the context of surrogacy. Critics argue that paying for the creation and transfer of a child treats the infant as a market good rather than a person with inherent dignity. The phrase “baby selling” captures this critique in concrete terms, emphasizing the transactional nature of surrogacy and the fear that a child becomes something that is bought and sold. This framing directly ties the practice to concerns about human dignity, since dignity is often linked to recognizing persons as ends in themselves rather than as means to an economic transaction. While commodification is the broader idea at work, the option described as baby selling most precisely conveys the ethical worry about turning a child into a commodity through a market arrangement.