Finally some negative coverage of surrogacy from BBC

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyp4kp687go

It’s horrible to read but hopefully will wake up a few people to the exploitation.

About time!

Good to see the exploitation of poor women being laid out for all to see.

I thought the Black Friday sale ad was a parody by an anti-surrogacy campaigner. Turns out it's real.

The couple quoted at the end are so unbelievably selfish. They are opposed to legislation that will protect women and babies from harm and exploitation because they, personally, have experienced "joy and happiness".

But have they asked drag queens what they think about surrogacy?

Better than their one a few days wirh a gay couple moaning about the legal difficulties with their pricess as the Mother is considered to be the legal parent

I saw that simpering interview with those self entitled men who've had the nerve to object to the safety and wellbeing of a vulnerable baby being the priority.
Grim.

The couple in that article are so unbelievably stupid, "it's her choice" whilst they noticed the country they bought their child from is literally at war!

And even if it was her free choice, it's not the baby's choice.

Like trans it feels like surrogacy is here to stay

Their petition has gained a lot of traction in a short time, though. Maybe it's because this couple seem more responsible than many intended parents?

Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth - Petitions

And they bought her flowers and chocolate!

FFS

Not unsympathetic enough imo. It was very much in the direction of feeling sorry for Ukraine’s young women being unable to become surrogate mothers. I think that is shocking that this is even a legitimate career choice for 22 year olds. The article was not critical of this enough.

I saw a news report yesterday, on the Beeb, where they mentioned how popular Ukraine was with Chinese nationals as a destination for surrogacy.

It says something when China clearly has more protection around surrogacy than Ukraine has had to date.

I agree it still tries to present both sides but I think the average person with little opinion on the subject is surely going to be horrified at the story of the baby being abandoned because it has special needs and the woman having to do surrogacy in a country at war that the rest of the points for it, don't make up for that.

They are falling into the classic trap of "we are good people, why do we need checks" rather than realising that the checks are there to weed out the bad people and you presume no one is good.

Plus the objections around surrogacy atent rrally about how good the IPs will be. Im sure many of them are brilliant. I have sympathy with many of the people who use surrogacy to become parents. Its about the welfare of women and babies.

The BBC could have dug a lot deeper with their recent articles on this subject. It sounds as though Krista was vetted more thoroughly than many surrogates are, partly for her own welfare, but did she know that donor-egg pregnancies are more risky than those using the mother’s own egg?

Also, what were the terms of her contract? For example, if there had been medical complications, such as a multiple pregnancy or health problems for Krista or the baby, would Krista have been free to decide what to do with no repercussions? Or if she’d gone against the IP’s wishes, could she have been sued, not just for her fees, but for the medical and legal expenses incurred by the surrogacy arrangement?

The BBC don’t even appear to have asked how much Krista got paid! It would be useful to know if this was “reasonable expenses” or if it was a life-changing amount of money. Given that Krista is in the US, I suspect it was closer to the latter.