tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post1269741060285977058..comments2024-02-27T00:41:15.985-06:00Comments on AdoptionTalk: Elton John is a Daddymalindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06233439015219192874noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post-62244740901063752142010-12-31T11:25:39.460-06:002010-12-31T11:25:39.460-06:00Frankly, I would like to see the ethical idealists...Frankly, I would like to see the ethical idealists who constantly attack adoption (domestic or IA) as evil put their energies on the very real ethical issues surrounding surrogacy, especially surrogacy that crosses international boundaries<br /><br />--> Amen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post-82331057540178764342010-12-30T19:40:10.710-06:002010-12-30T19:40:10.710-06:00I agree.
Frankly, I would like to see the ethica...I agree. <br /><br />Frankly, I would like to see the ethical idealists who constantly attack adoption (domestic or IA) as evil put their energies on the very real ethical issues surrounding surrogacy, especially surrogacy that crosses international boundaries. With adoption a declining business world wide, more and more families with the means to do so are going to exploit international surrogacy. And that means businesses springing up all over the place to fulfill the demand. Largely in the absence of any clear laws or regulations at any internationally unifying level. <br /><br />The boutique business ventures that have sprung up in recent years have clearly demonstrated that there are so many holes in laws and regulations across international boundaries that you could drive a truck through them. These opportunistic businesses are soliciting parents in one country, surrogates in another country (or state), and sometimes even soliciting eggs and sperm from third parties in completely different countries. Whatever recipe works and is most cost effective is the only rule that seems to be in play. It is free-market opportunism in the extreme, and the methods used confangle and muddy both legal and ethical realities in the process.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post-18643052665758289992010-12-29T20:52:41.451-06:002010-12-29T20:52:41.451-06:00i agree. two old men who are very selfish.i agree. two old men who are very selfish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316191265933534655.post-78657778091872885542010-12-29T14:27:01.276-06:002010-12-29T14:27:01.276-06:00Is the baby's mother going to be listed as his...Is the baby's mother going to be listed as his mother on the birth certificate or is this child going to have two daddies on his birth certificate? <br /><br />Surrogacy for two old men who will be dead soon. This is just disgusting. The poor child is just an accessory, like in the 80's when little dogs were in every Hollywood diva's purse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com