Janice Turner on Surrogacy

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Depressing read:
https://www.thetimes.com/article/83184aee-b019-4c5b-a976-4457e495b047?shareToken=17c2639d62bec3b1cae8fb15923f06c0

Depressing indeed 😔

Ruth Hunt to the fore, I see. Ugh.

This is a good article focussed on exploitation of women. Hopefully Janice will do more,.covering the wrongs of gifting or selling babies and the dangers (to babies and society generally) of diminishing the importance of motherhood and the mother/baby dyad.

Yet another Labour attack on women and our rights then I see

I hope so.

While I agree surrogacy is problematic for women, it's much more fundamentally a crime against children.

I think it's really worrying that isn't more obvious to people.

Yes, I find the fact that people can’t see that it’s a trade in humans puzzling. Just because they’re small humans it doesn’t really make a difference.

And of course paying women to undertake a risky activity will result in exploitation. How could it not?

Janice Turner nails it, as per

Like a bad penny.

Agree. There seems to be a tacit assumption that it's fine to buy babies.

Strange that the same liberals who worry about veal calves or if their coffee is ethically sourced see commercial surrogacy as the next progressive frontier.

Well, quite.

Excellent piece as ever from Janice. Pleased she's highlighting the issue.

Another excellent article from Janice with the comments being well informed and as usual, adding information to the issue.
The Times coverage of surrogacy has until recently been very supportive (a number of journalists involved in purchasing babies) so it's good to see more balanced coverage.

Hunt, based on the policies she’s supported, doesn’t seem to feel much commonality or empathy with other women.

If anyone you know supports commercial surrogacy I suggest you also ask them if they're in favour of people being allowed to sell their own kidneys.

Great article. Thanks for sharing, OP.

Janice nails it as per.

This looks like it will be an interesting series and covers amongst other topics the ethics of surrogacy or even discussing the principle of deliberately having a motherless baby, even though some mothers are not great and some fathers are great

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/12/i-am-a-rational-liberal-yet-a-question-about-the-sanctity-of-life-floored-me?CMP=ShareiOSAppp_Other

Great point, yes, thank you 👏