These topics are big in the news here at the moment, since a Melbourne woman was recently charged with trying to sell her baby to a US couple over the internet for $10,000. The pregancy was a result of this woman having been a rape victim. She changed her mind once the baby was born, but she has been in foster care since then (she is now a year old I think).
When the news covered the story they also mentioned a website where this woman advertised the baby, where lots of mums and hopeful-parents-to-be advertise either to be a surrogate or to "buy" a baby. There are other women who advertise to donate/sell eggs. Just wondered what all the mumsnetters think about all this? Would you be prepared to carry a baby for another couple, or a relative who is unable to have her own (either for free or for money)? Would you consider either donating or selling your eggs? Personally while I admire the idea of allowing childless couples to be able to have children, I don't think I could carry a baby full-term and then just give it away, nor do I think I would feel comfortable with giving away (or selling) my eggs, even though they are in effect being "wasted" every cycle, since we do not plan to have any more children ourselves... But there are so many other ways to "help" childless couples these days, with GIFT and IVF, plus of course legal adoption...although I believe the waiting lists are very long and all these options are expensive and can take a long time.
Over to you...