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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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. [b]I would not do it for some rich stranger who decided at 43 that she was ready to be a mother.[/b][/quote]
This line reeks of disdain for women who are mothers later in life. See the PP's remark about becoming trad Caths when an older woman has children a non-traditional way. Do you think we were all supposed to meet The One at 25 and be done with kids by 30? [/quote]

Of Course not. Since time immemorial we have been dealing with this. If a working class woman marries late in life does she get to borrow another woman's uterus? Maybe she dreams of a baby too.
But that's only an option for you important people with the money to pay.[/quote]

Rich people have more options in virtually every aspect of life.  That doesn't make surrogacy wrong.  [/quote]

Should you be able to pay to get your name moved to the top of the list when you need an organ transplant?[/quote]
Do you really think Steve Jobs waited as long as Joe Schmoe for his liver transplant?[/quote]

Ah. So people who support surrogacy also support creation of an unregulated market for organ purchasing from poor people.

I mean, at least you people are consistent in your lack of ethics and morality. [/quote]

And people who oppose surrogacy because a woman gets paid $50k to carry a baby often point to adoption where an agency gets paid $50k to do a basic background check and file a petition.

In both cases, you have a lower class woman who is sacrificing her body and taking on great suffering to build someone else’s family. At least the surrogate has some choice in whether she is pregnant for someone else or not. Plenty of women in red states don’t even have that choice. A fair number didn’t even choose to have sex. No one seems to think anything is “immoral” about that financial transaction. [/quote]

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