Surrogacy and COVID in Mexico

[OhHolyJesus]

Same sex Male couple raising money to get home to Australia, having bought the baby from the agency where the surrogate mother was 'assigned', they now need to beg from strangers on the internet to get an extra $30k.

"The couple had planned to be abroad for no more than two months, but during the flight to Cancun they were told their surrogate was positive with COVID.
“Thankfully for her health and for the baby she was asymptomatic,” Mr Brown explained.
“This meant the birth was delayed a week in hopes that her second follow up test would come back as negative. Unfortunately her second test came back positive again, but having already delayed the birth by one week, the doctor made the decision that our daughter had to be born due to the amniotic fluid starting to get low and didn’t feel comfortable postponing this any further.”

That poor woman.

www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/travel-stories/aussie-couple-trapped-in-mexico-raising-money-on-gofundme-to-get-home/news-story/1bbde27aa80baa7a003580cd523ff5bc

“I remember it to this day, Daniel called me while driving to work in absolute tears. I was at work and kept asking what was wrong and he told me we’d received the comms confirming we were officially pregnant.”

This language appropriation is so maddening.

I believe there are quite a few Australians trapped abroad, unable to return after travelling to pick up their purchase.

I'm a little low on sympathy right now. Except for poor women who feel that the only way for them to make money is by renting out their uteruses or selling their eggs.