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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It as also heartbreaking to read that the surrogate of the baby girl had complications and needed a hysterectomy after giving birth. The article mentioned an issue with the placenta which has DNA from the parents. Shouldn’t the biological parents health histories have to be disclosed to surrogates so they know the complete risk.[/quote]

If a potential GC wants to know the medical history of the IPs, she can require that as a condition of entering into a surrogacy contract.  IPs, of course, are free to decide that they'd rather go with a different GC.  It is no one's business what a GC and IPs agree to in their private surrogacy contract.  [/quote]

This presumes that the surrogate even knows that these complications are a potential risk. These women generally are not medically savvy and are looking to earn money. This whole industry is predatory and should be outlawed. The only reason it hadn't been is because rich people reap the benefits.
Another interesting story is "Her Body, My Baby" which was in the NYT about 15 years ago. The woman wasn't overtly nuts like this one but there was still a big class differential that permeated the story.
I would carry a child for my sister or cousin who was unable to for free. I would not do it for some rich stranger who decided at 43 that she was ready to be a mother.[/quote]

+1  Of course.  How would the average person know these risks are elevated for gestational carriers?  I thought the article was super informative in that regard.  There was an agency involved in this transaction.  It was clear from pretty early on that the intended parent was unhinged and posting all sorts of information about the gestational carrier's private life and job history with all sorts of identifying information on chat groups with thousands of people.  The gestational carrier gently complained after a few weeks, and the agency did nothing on that blatant violation of the gestational carrier agreement.  I guess the agency just exists to protect the person paying for a baby, not the person putting her body and life on the line to carry the baby.[/quote]

The agencies [i]only[/i] care about their paying customers. They do not care at all about the baby or the surrogates. [/quote]

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