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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Until the couple decides they want to selectively reduce triplets, or the baby has spina bifida so they want her to abort. What if she doesn't want to? [/quote]
Then she doesn't have to - even if she has signed a contract that says she will. No court in this country is going to enforce a contract that allows intended parents this level of control over another woman's body, and any lawyer is going to tell you that when you go into this. In the end the contract for surrogacy is essentially a good-faith document. The only issue that might successfully be litigated at any point is the amount of money that changes hands or, distantly possible, who keeps the baby once it's born, but there's more clear-cut law on that.

To answer your original question, OP, yes, it's completely ethical to outsource pregnancy as long as all parties go into it fully aware of what they're doing and agreeing to. And yes, there are many women, not all all just women who need the money, who enjoy being pregnant and are readily willing to assume the physical risks. From the intended parent side, mental health issues are every bit as legit as physical disabilities when it comes to determining whether one can/should attempt to carry one's own pregnancy. What's UNethical is telling a woman she's too stupid and simple for her poor little head and heart to know what she's getting herself into when she considers becoming a surrogate. [/quote]

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