I caught this recently and thought it was an interesting article to post here in relation to surrogacy and how even altruistic arrangements go badly badly wrong. Particularly in light of how in a New York election, 'fertility equality' was being platformed.
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"A SURROGACY arrangement has been overturned more than two years after the baby was born in what is thought to be the first UK court ruling of its kind."
"The baby boy was born in September 2020 and taken into the care of the intended parents, a married couple."
"The surrogate mother, who is British and who knew the couple well, agreed to carry out the procedure using her own egg on the understanding that she would have regular contact with the child."
and
"But the arrangement collapsed when the intended parents broke their promise of letting the surrogate mother have contact with the baby as they did not want her involved in the child’s life."
There are a few issues that are highlighted here. Not just how women are exploited for their body's capabilities, but also the issue of 'consent'. This woman only agreed to do this for the couple under one condition. After this couple got their baby, which was this woman's own egg as well so she is the biological mother of this child, they decided that her consent could be ignored now that the 'deed was done'.
If this couple were not prepared to deal with whatever happened to the relationship with this woman to enable them to fulfil their obligations as agreed, they should never have entered this agreement at all.
The other issue that I thought is interesting is this:
"The ruling comes as surrogacy laws in the UK are set to change, and Ms Bazley said the case could influence the reforms. The Law Commission is due to publish a draft Bill within months."
Something to watch out for.