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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For the record, I don’t think most American surrogates are poor.[b] They are usually women who had easy pregnancies and births and see it as nbd to do another one, help a family and make money in the process. [/b]A win win for everyone involved — that is, until something goes wrong. I only point this out because everyone seems to be equating “surrogate” with “poor person.”

And let’s also remember that gay men use surrogates too and it works well for a lot of families who have no other way of having biological kids. I would hate to think a loving gay couple couldn’t work with a surrogate and have a bio kid, with the right protection in place for both sides of the agreement.[/quote]

The bolded seems right. I don't think it's very well advertised how much riskier a surrogate pregnancy is then your own. I consider myself reasonably well informed and I didn't know that. I know surrogates are generally supposed to be women who have already successfully given birth, so I guess they imagine it will be just as safe. I had no idea that the genetic parents' medical history can play a part, and that it isn't disclosed to the surrogate. The article is a huge eye opener in that regard. Apparently the surrogate needs to have STD testing and disclose relevant medical history to the intended parents but the intended parents don't have to disclose anything.

[b]As far gay couples, that type of relationship just doesn't produce natural children. That's just a biological reality they have to accept. It shouldn't play a part in whether people can rent womens' bodies as an incubator. [/quote][/b]

No, of course not, but it is an example of who will be impacted if we just throw out the idea of surrogacy altogether vs. fix the process.

I mean, should logging be illegal? Tuna fishing? Police and fire fighting? There are plenty of jobs done for money that are as risky as or riskier than being a surrogate[/quote]

[b]It depends whether those jobs are necessary for society to run[/b]. Police and firefighters are clearly necessary. For things like logging and fishing, efforts should be made to make them as safe as possible or use technology to limit them. Surrogacy is absolutely unnecessary.[/quote]

No it doesn’t, and you’re not the judge of what’s “necessary” anyway[/quote]

And you aren’t either. That’s the job of representatives that are elected, who are increasingly hearing about concerns about surrogacy from various corners.

Will it be banned tomorrow? Probably not. But commercial surrogacy is probably going to be much more tightly regulated in the future, as it should be. [/quote]

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