Sara Connell, left, holds her new baby Finnean Lee Connell, on Thursday at Prentice Women’s Hospital in Chicago. Sara’s mother, Kristine Casey, 61, served as a surrogate for her daughter. (Stacey Wescott, Chicago Tribune / February 11, 2011) Read more…by Jared Yee
Surrogate mother refuses to give up baby
A surrogate mother who changed her mind about giving her baby to a couple was allowed to keep her, a UK High Court judge ruled two weeks ago. After getting married in 2005, the couple were unable to have a baby following a series of miscarriages. Mr and Mrs W contacted the surrogate over the internet in 2009 and made an informal agreement that a baby conceived with Mr W’s sperm, would be handed over following birth. Read more…
by Michael Cook
Congratulations, Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban! They have taken home a new baby, Faith Margaret, born on December 28 in a Nashville hospital. And none of the paparazzi knew — because Australia’s most famous actress wasn’t ever pregnant! Read more…
by Jared Yee
The small Gujarat town of Anand has become a major surrogacy hub for “reproductive tourists” from around the world. The Akanksha Infertility Clinic, run by Dr Nayana Patel and her husband Hitesh, says that 167 surrogate mothers have given birth successfully to 216 babies since 2003.
Indian women acting as surrogates at Akaksha live for the duration of their pregnancies in one of two “confinement homes”. The facilities are very basic, with three beds to a cramped room with peeling walls and only plastic chairs or the floor for seating. The women are only permitted to leave the premises for hospital check-ups, and are only allowed to see their families on Sundays. Read more…
From this article we learn that there are even more problems with invitro fertilization and surrogacy than are common knowledge. Problems arise when playing God? Shocker!
Jared Yee, BioEdge.org
Different regulatory approaches to surrogacy in the US can result in legal tangles, according to a report in The New York Times Magazine. The “lax atmosphere” of surrogacy regulation “means that it is now essentially possible to order up a baby, creating an emerging commercial market for surrogate babies that raises vexing ethical questions.”
The Times gives three disturbing examples.
Continue reading: http://www.bioedge.org/index.php/bioethics/bioethics_article/8791/
By Nick Pisa
At the orphanage the two babies were known as Archibald and Mary. They didn’t even have surnames.
But within a few months they had been adopted and their lives transformed. They became Prince Jonathan and Princess Gesine and grew up surrounded by stunning wealth.
However, it seems the fairytale may not end as happily as it began. Read more…
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