Surrogacy Gone Bad

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Originally Posted by dellinger63

The ugliness and underbelly of surrogacy.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/04/health...-legal-battle/

Why can a woman can legally lease out her womb for 9 months but not her vagina for nine minutes?

And why is a stranger and someone not even involved in the situation ultimately responsible when things go bad?

The stranger I'm referring to of course is the poor. overburdened taxpayer, trying to live his/her own life.

In answer to the first question, society sees a benefit in surrogacy which, in most cases, grants a child to a couple who otherwise couldn't conceive. The other "lease"', in most cases, involves a form of slavery. I'm surprised you'd be unable to discern any difference.

This seems to be a pretty simple case of contract law gone wrong. One side thought a plain reading of "severe birth defect" applied. I have a hard time disagreeing with that. But the other side would have to undergo an abortion against their will. I also have a hard time saying that should have occurred.

Given the cluster F created by the contract dispute, who do you think should pay for the care if not the taxpayer?