The mother of Tom Daley's child

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Congratulations on a healthy baby! Hope the birth went safely and that you are recovering well.

I just hate surrogacy in case you can't tell

Poor woman never got a mention they behaved like the fairies brought the baby. I am iffy about surrogacy because mostly you never hear of her existence

Mother? Sorry? Was there one?

Yes, congratulations to all. Hope mum is recovering well, an amazing thing you have done. Looks like a happy family.

Did the 'poor woman' want a mention? Perhaps they are respecting her privacy. I am sure they must be very grateful.

Yes they're "not able to have a child" because they are both male. No mention of the mother - presumably it was her egg?

She has asked to remain anonymous, they all have a close relationship

You shouldn't presume. Could have been a donor egg.

I am sure they are very grateful but they are acting like they did it all themselves

"It will always be the people who need money who are selling; the wealthy will be the consumers/buyers."

Surrogacy appalls me. When rich women start having babies for poor couples you can ask me to revise my views.

www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2017/11/20390/

Vile entitled men if you ask me.

Surrogacy appalls me. When rich women start having babies for poor couples you can ask me to revise my views.

Feel the same way. I can see my way to some limited forms of altruistic surrogacy. But commercial surrogacy? Nope.

What bizarre comments. How amazing to be able to give a couple the opportunity to have a child. No one knows anything about their situation / the surrogate. Who’s to say she is rich or poor and I would bet her being anonymous is her decision.
Often family members are surrogates for their siblings - does that not sit well either or is this story really a problem for some people because it’s for a same sex couple? 🤔
Either way, if they bring the child up surrounded by love then who are we to criticise?

Fees give a couple a child you say how about "Take away a child's mother"

Absolutely no reason to. And her if she did not want to be named. But the complete denial of her existence is disgraceful.

I saw in the other thread a lot of people were saying “I bet you don’t mind when a heterosexual couple use a surrogate”. Nope, I find the trend for celebrities paying women to undergo the messy business of pregnancy for them (I’m not buying that Kim Kardashian’s life was on the line if she got pregnant again - and hey, she could just consider not having another child if it were true) abhorrent as well.

I don’t think you can read about the surrogacy trade in India and not start questioning surrogacy as a whole.

www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/apr/01/outsourcing-pregnancy-india-surrogacy-clinics-julie-bindel

Erm no it's nothing to do with it being a same sex couple talk about missing the point

I agree with Lang about altruistic surrogacy, and I think women who donate eggs are complete heroines as that is a very difficult business.

But commercial surrogacy? That is women's bodies again being designated a commercially-neogotiable vessel. No, do not want.

I can’t even figure out if these posts are supposed to be satirical?
Child abuse?
This women gave an amazing gift of a baby and parenthood to a loving couple who were unable to naturally conceive themselves.
Nobody is acting like it didn’t happen, I think she probably wants her privacy. She knows she did an incredible thing, they know she did an incredible thing. The rest is nothing to do with any of you.

does that not sit well either or is this story really a problem for some people because it’s for a same sex couple?

I would be of the same opinion as most of the views on this thread if it were a heterosexual couple.

is this story really a problem for some people because it’s for a same sex couple?

No: it's about poor women's bodies being a commercial product for rich people, whether they be heterosexual or homosexual.

I find it very sad that women are so invisible to you.

Gave an amazing gift to a loving couple..incredible

Oh please. We are all adults here.

Is it the involvement of money in surrogacy that you don’t like?

I object very strongly to the exploitation of women's bodies, whether commercial or not and regardless of the sexuality of the exploiters.

Well this thread will probably go the same way as the other.
Deleted comments all over.
People accusing posters of homophobia because they raised concerns about the ethics of surrogacy.

But fwiw op I agree entirely.

I agree with Lang about altruistic surrogacy

In some limited areas, it would be like altruistic donation of a kidney to a relative, wouldn't it?

The second money comes into it, it's wrong.