Johnson v. Calvert<\/em> case, heard by the California State Supreme Court, he would have found that the courts rejected that very same argument put forth by the surrogate\u2019s attorney that she didn\u2019t know her own mind when she signed the contract. The court held 6-1 that the surrogate mother had no parental rights to the baby.<\/p>\nWhite also said in his article, \u201cToo often paid surrogacy appears exploitative. Women who serve as surrogates tend to be poor and are tempted by the fees even though they\u2019re taking on a nine-month, 24-hour, seven days a week physical and emotional commitment. For $25,000\u2014a common surrogacy fee\u2014the arrangement comes out to less than $4 an hour.\u201d<\/p>\n
Again, White didn\u2019t do his research.<\/p>\n
Aside from the money aspect, it\u2019s not easy being a surrogate and it takes a lot of hard work. Most women who think it is \u201ceasy money\u201d never pass the screening or drop out when they realize how tough it is.\u00a0And, most agencies that I work with do not work with surrogate\u2019s who are poor. The money these women receive has to be the \u201cicing\u201d on the cake \u2013 not the entire \u201ccake.\u201d<\/p>\n
White then mentions the risks of being a surrogate.<\/p>\n
Yes, there are risks and that\u2019s why the surrogates in my practice all have their own, separate counsel. It\u2019s the law in California, but I also participate in contract negotiations where surrogates are in other states where it may not be the law.\u00a0 And while most surrogates don\u2019t think they need an attorney, I really don\u2019t care — they get one.<\/p>\n
Just when you thought you\u2019ve read enough, White pushes on about a study which highlighted an \u201cunsettling aspect\u201d which cut off the natural maternal bonding of pregnancy after the surrogacy delivery.<\/p>\n
Write reports, \u201cA prominent June 2013 study in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry found that children born through surrogacy are at great risk of adjustment difficulties and psychological problems.\u201d\u00a0 He goes on to vaguely write, \u201cThere are no long-term studies gauging how young adults conceived through surrogacy are faring, but the anecdotal evidence from such children\u2019s countless blog posts and interviews suggest that many are wary of the very practice that allowed for their conception.\u201d<\/p>\n
If that\u2019s his claim, then why didn\u2019t White do his research, interview these adults, and document their statements?<\/p>\n
I have 13-year old children born via surrogacy; and, I know a lot of families and children born via surrogacy. I can tell you from experience that those children do not have adjustment issues because of how they were born. That\u2019s like saying my dad had issues being a father because he had one arm and one leg. He had issues because he had one and one leg, but that didn\u2019t mean he didn\u2019t know how to love a child. That was just my dad\u2019s story of his life. Just like children have their story of how they were created and born. It\u2019s just that: their story.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>With a religious spin he writes, \u201cCatholic feminist\u00a0Lucetta Scaraffia took to the pages of the Vatican\u2019s official newspaper, L\u2019Osservatore Romana, to describe the Baby Gammy story as evidence of the \u2018throwaway culture\u2019 that Pope Francis has decried. \u2018We should not be surprised,\u2019 she wrote, \u2018if parents who have ordered a baby and rented a woman\u2019s womb refuse it at birth if it is not healthy and perfect.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n