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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t think anyone who is opposed to international surrogacy doesn’t have deep sympathy for women struggling with infertility. It’s both inaccurate and unfair to jump to that conclusion. But profound sympathy for people going through infertility does not erase the well-documented human rights violations that are at issue here. It’s unreasonable to take the position that the pain of infertility overrides the pain of the abuse and exploitation that is going on globally in this industry. That’s a privileged and unfair position to take. And, it’s not one that’s recognized globally. Countries around the world are limiting the practice or banning it specifically because of the human rights abuses.

One of the issues that parents who use surrogates are going to have to face some day is what happens when the resulting children learn about the circumstances of their births in a world where by the time they are able to understand the issues, surrogacy will be widely considered a form of human trafficking globally, as that seems to be where this is moving. That will require an unflinching look at the ethical issues involved, and so pretending these issues don’t exist doesn’t help parents who use surrogates in the long term. You can close your eyes to the ethical issues if you want, but you cannot control what your children decide to think. [/quote]

This is thoughtful and well-written. Thank you. In some ways I think this mirrors the discourse around international adoption, and we've seen a lot of international and transracial adoptees come forward over the past two decades to talk about their experiences. It is bewildering and frustrating for some adoptive parents, while others have come to realize that their kids were adopted under dubious or even criminal circumstances.

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