Now surrogate mothers are 'gestational carriers'.

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Their name is New England Surrogacy and they can't bring themselves to say surrogate mother. Talking about women like they're a piece of equipment. She's a human being, not a fucking handbag ffs. Note they say 'it's a GIRL' and not 'it's a vulva person'. So why can't they refer to an adult female with more respect?

They only have 97 followers-what is it with all these low follower accounts starting to be gross like this? Are they doing it for publicity? Attention seeking?

Jesus, that's grim and dystopian.

That's not a new term. That's the legal term in the US for a surrogate who is not biologically related to the baby.

@Rockpapershoot

That's not a new term. That's the legal term in the US for a surrogate who is not biologically related to the baby.

Urgh. It sounds really grim.

When I hear people talking about 'the surrogate' it sounds cold because it's stripping the humanness out of it, but that's much better than gestational carrier.

They legally cannot use the word "mother" because the parental order is made on the baby while still in the womb meaning the surrogate is not legally a "mother" to that child. I've known a few surrogates in the US and they were all university educated white women married to men in the forces. They were all very well consented. I just can't get over excited about it. Illiterate women in India is an entirely different bag because they are clearly vulnerable and consent is a huge issue.

It's a revolting dehumanizing description. This reduction of the humanity of people has echoes of the eugenics movement which was (still is?) big in US.