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Single men buying babies

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WandsOut · 30/08/2024 15:50

x.com/surrogconcern/status/1829411675671240815?s=46

This is really really worrying.
Surrogacy is becoming more acceptable as a way to procure children. Of course it would end up being taken to its worst conclusion.
This is in the US, but will happen everywhere.
The vetting process will be minimal compared to the profits that will be made.
The results will be potentially devastating and horrifying for these innocent newborns.

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menopausalmare · 31/08/2024 11:02

It's not just single men but gay couples. I'm not for one minute implying they're going to abuse the baby but removing the mother from the baby's life is awful.

Do you feel the same about single women or lesbian couples using donated sperm?

Hunglikeapolevaulter · 31/08/2024 12:22

As a man I have always wanted kids more than a relationship or to get married, I hate all that romantic crap and the dating process because its time wasting

Sp you expect a woman to settle for you, a man who makes it quite clear you'll never love her and sees her as a brood mare and a means to an end?

What. A. Catch.

menopausalmare · 31/08/2024 12:24

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That's another discussion but lesbians carry the baby and provide the connection to the newborn in a way the father can't. As a previous poster mentioned, we don't remove puppies or kittens from their mothers yet we do with humans. It's far easier for a man to choose to donate sperm and I've never heard of impoverished or desperate men feeling pressurised into sperm donation. I have heard of desperate women being financially coerced into surrogacy, one of the reasons why it's outlawed in this country.

Snugglemonkey · 31/08/2024 12:51

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Oh god, you are quite the catch. Given this heartwarming approach to creating a family, it is a wonder women are not falling over themselves to date you.

WorriedMama12 · 31/08/2024 12:52

menopausalmare · 31/08/2024 06:36

Commercial surrogacy is abhorrent. Using the body of one woman and the egg of another so neither has a legal claim. Denying the woman a place in the child's life. In this country, we allow altruistic surrogacy with conditions. There was a piece on woman's hour recently. This was done through love and friendship, but commercially it's shameful.

The woman who carried and birthed the baby does have a legal claim, she is legally the babies mother until a court order states otherwise. Regardless of whether or not its her egg.

Esgaroth · 31/08/2024 12:53

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Not even nearly in the same league, no.

But to be completely clear, I think it's highly immoral for anyone to buy a baby regardless of their sex or relationship status.

GoldPlayer · 31/08/2024 12:54

ObliviousCoalmine · 30/08/2024 16:43

My job involves dealing with the repercussions of bad parenting/abuse etc.

When they start vetting straight people before they procreate, I'll start caring about this.

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WorriedMama12 · 31/08/2024 12:54

menopausalmare · 31/08/2024 12:24

That's another discussion but lesbians carry the baby and provide the connection to the newborn in a way the father can't. As a previous poster mentioned, we don't remove puppies or kittens from their mothers yet we do with humans. It's far easier for a man to choose to donate sperm and I've never heard of impoverished or desperate men feeling pressurised into sperm donation. I have heard of desperate women being financially coerced into surrogacy, one of the reasons why it's outlawed in this country.

What country are you in? The UK? Surrogacy isn't outlawed here.

User49 · 31/08/2024 13:35

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Hoppinggreen · 31/08/2024 13:40

You dont get with a woman because you love her, you get with a woman so that they can give you something that you will love (your own offspring).

Sounds a bit narcissistic

Hunglikeapolevaulter · 31/08/2024 13:58

You dont get with a woman because you love her, you get with a woman so that they can give you something that you will love (your own offspring).

To clarify - women are not there to be loved, they are there to provide a service to men. Got it.

Hunglikeapolevaulter · 31/08/2024 14:11

It's also a fascinating level of narcissism at play. Anything unrelated to @User49 is not something worthy of love. Only an extention of the self is lovable.

Simonjt · 31/08/2024 15:19

Hoppinggreen · 31/08/2024 13:40

You dont get with a woman because you love her, you get with a woman so that they can give you something that you will love (your own offspring).

Sounds a bit narcissistic

Yeah, it would also model a terrible terrible relationship to the children

WandsOut · 31/08/2024 16:16

eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/03/27/adam-king-chicago-vet-charged-child-porn/73117176007/

A Chicago veterinarian and national dog show judge arrested and charged with knowingly distributing child pornography. This happened days before his surrogate was expected to give birth to his child, whom he said he was planning on sexually assaulting, according to court documents.

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Cheesecakelunch · 31/08/2024 16:20

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Oh dear.

User49 · 31/08/2024 16:25

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Hunglikeapolevaulter · 31/08/2024 16:47

well I dont need any love as long as the girl im with will love our kids. Sexual attraction and the girl being attracted to my body is more important than love/the emotional connection

That's fine (well not really it's a warped view of relationships), and you do you, but fgs don't have children in a relationship like that. Raising children is a joint effort and there needs to be a bedrock of love and respect, you're creating a family. You're all meant to love each other.

Interestingly, you've again responded about what you need. No thought to what a spouse/partner, or children, might need. It's just all you.

menopausalmare · 31/08/2024 16:58

WorriedMama12 · 31/08/2024 12:54

What country are you in? The UK? Surrogacy isn't outlawed here.

I'm in England where commercial surrogacy is illegal but altruistic surrogacy is permitted with many caveats.

Windywuss · 31/08/2024 17:15

Well @User49 I hope you have been honest with your gf. I hope you're not lying to her and saying you love her. If she read this would she think 'yep, that's fine... we're on the same page "? Does she know that if she doesn't bear your children she's been a "waste of money "?

If your relationship is based on deceit then you're abusive and I really hope she sees through you and you never have kids. You'd be an awful example and awful parent.

You sound like a total narcissist and not just because of what you've said but because you've made this whole thread all about you and your fucked up views.

You're basically making her a surrogate by stealth unless you're honest.

KendraTheVampyrSlayer · 31/08/2024 17:42

DopeyS · 31/08/2024 07:03

@KendraTheVampyrSlayer so because a single man wants a baby he's a predator? That's a hell of a disturbing over reach. Also the reaction to a man being honest that he wants kids desperately is seen as him being disgusting but seen as so sad for a woman to have 'wasted time on a man who won't give her kids'.

Then people wonder why men are seen as not caring towards their own kids when wanting kids apparently makes them 'predators'.

I never said a single man who wants kids is a predator. A single man who rents a uterus and buys a baby is a predator.

KendraTheVampyrSlayer · 31/08/2024 17:45

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most men rarely get dates or attention from women

If you view women as commodities that you invest in then you're going to struggle to get dates. God forbid a woman is more than a sex doll and a walking womb! Angry

KendraTheVampyrSlayer · 31/08/2024 17:50

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Unless you have children with your best friend this absolutely won't work. Raising children is a gruelling job and takes it toll on both parents, not to mention what it does to a woman's body. You need to have a certain level of respect and love for your co-parent.

Does your current girlfriend know she's expected to be your sex doll and walking womb? Does she know you don't love her? I couldn't have children with a man who didn't love me. I really hope she finds a man that will adore her, she deserves more than you're giving her.

KendraTheVampyrSlayer · 31/08/2024 17:52

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Said by someone who has never been in love. I think you'll find the majority of long term relationships are because the people are in love with each other.

Katkins17 · 31/08/2024 18:04

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So this girlfriend you're 'fond of' is just a brood mare to you...a means to an end of what you believe is 'your right' to have children ??

No...having children isn't a right....and tbh.... you're a walking red flag.

MrsJamin · 31/08/2024 19:56

@User49 are you neurotypical? Because you have some very odd ideas about relationships. And you've totally derailed this thread with your multiple 🚩🚩🚩