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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]First of all he’s 54!  I know you all are going to say “oh eh has lots of money and any of us could die at any time” but still this whole AARP parenting trend is concerning. [b]I’m also getting really uncomfortable with rich people renting the bodies of women to produce children for them. It is all very freaking dystopian. I mean literally you can now order a human the same way you order a purebred dog and just pick it up when it is done. [/b][/quote]

Yes, my views on surrogacy have changed a lot in the past few years as I've learned more about the exploitation and coercion in the industry, and the overall ethical, emotional, and health issues inherent in surrogacy. Before I hadn't given much thought to it- just considered it another way for people who'd faced fertility challenges or were unable to conceive together to build a family. Now that I have learned more, I find it deeply heartbreaking.

To learn more, there is the work of Jennifer Lahl, who does a lot of research, interviews, and has made films. Here are short video clips from a movie she made on surrogacy: http://www.cbc-network.org/breeders-main/

And here is a three-part podcast series on surrogacy, including one episode with a surrogate mother:
1. [b]"To Buy a Baby, You Must First Rent a Woman" with MaryLou Singleton: Surrogacy Series Part 1 of 3[/b]
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/to-buy-a-baby-you-must-first-rent-a-woman/id1231912533?i=1000465605381

2. [b]Pain For The Childless Mother: Briana's Story of Surrogacy Part 2 of 3[/b]
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pain-for-the-childless-mother-brianas-story-of/id1231912533?i=1000466293377

3. [b]"Consent Can Not Be Purchased" with Yolande Norris-Clark (Part 3 of 3 Surrogacy Series)[/b]
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/consent-can-not-be-purchased-with-yolande-norris-clark/id1231912533?i=1000466985474

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