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ST Style / Surrogacy article

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FightingtheFoo · 23/05/2021 20:10

Can't find the old thread but curious whether anyone had read today's interview.

A few things struck me about it:

  1. Anyone objecting to surrogacy is again referred to as a "troll" Hmm

  2. While there's a brief acknowledgement of the fact exploitation happens within surrogacy this is quickly dismissed with readers told not to "generalise"

  3. Bersiner admits not one but two relationships with her surrogates in the US broke down with very little detail to explain why. Don't know if she ever covered this in her columns (I've only read a couple) but considering the fact that US surrogates can make a lot of money it seems pretty damning she managed to scare away two.

  4. Here's the kicker - Bersiner admits she thinks having a child is a "right": "Anyone who wants to be a parent should be able to be a parent — fertile or infertile, gay or straight, it shouldn’t make a difference. It’s just harder for some people than others and maybe they have to go above and beyond. I always think how amazing medicine is that we even have this opportunity"

  • nowhere in that paragraph is there any acknowledgment that for someone to become a parent a woman will have to be pregnant. If having a child is suddenly a "human right" where does she expect these babies to materialise from?
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EmbarrassingAdmissions · 23/05/2021 20:13

I haven't read that article. In passing, I did notice that Kerry Katona is reportedly considering a surrogate for her 6th child as it would be ill-advised for her to have another pregnancy.

The normalisation of surrogacy is upon us.

OhHolyJesus · 24/05/2021 21:03

Is it this thread OP?

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/4198047-sunday-times-style-sexism-on-surrogacy

Or this?

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/4149123-Another-gushing-story-in-The-Times-about-surrogacy

Beresiner is plugging her book and I wasn't surprised to see her talking about Rebecca, the surrogate mother to her daughter Marlies in descriptive terms of their first meeting (her jacket, her hair), she is a beauty editor after all. The column last week was all about her 'maternity' leave wardrobe with the name dropping of designers. I don't think it was targeting new mothers who are living in high waisted leggings so as not to rub your caesarean scar. Not even the surrogate mothers.

I was surprised that Beresiner said she found Rebecca's chats with Marlies 'inclusive', that she isn't at all jealous when Rebecca asks if Marlies knows her voice, that she walked around her (Rebecca's) garden. I thought it was an odd word to use but ok, she finds it inclusive.

The Times is full-on pro-surrogacy, linking here

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sophie-beresiner-on-her-surrogacy-journey-giving-up-was-never-an-option-k9x8wkh8p

Whilst the Guardian is strangely returning with some pushback

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/may/23/too-late-or-too-great-to-gestate---dont-worry-britain-will-welcome-you

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