Surrogate offered $10,000 to abort baby

[natyanayaki]

(CNN) -- Crystal Kelley ran through the calendar once again in her head

Comments

[shadwrayvn]

I feel really conflicted over this since surrogacy is technically a business transaction & the child really isnt her & the parent are paying for it but at the same time no one should be forced to have an abortion. This is a horrible situation all around.

[natyanayaki]

I know what you mean. On the one hand, it seems that she waived her rights when she agreed to an abortion under certain conditions, on the other hand it is her (hormonal) body and she should be able to change her mind. Ugh, but it is a business transaction...a breach of contract, so if the incubator (I know that sounds horrible but in surrogacies...) changes her mind, does she then forfeit her salary? Should she have to give a refund?

[tnganon]

i love how you said up above that you didn't think of her as an incubator, and then you actually fucking call her that.

psa that voice that says it sounds horrible? you should try listening to it.

[natyanayaki]

I have said several times that I have a bias against surrogacy for profit for many reasons, including the fact that it essentially reduces a woman to her reproductive bits, and that it does not sit well with me that it's legal anywhere in the world (at least until proper standards can be established).

[lurkerwisp]

I just don't agree that the right to not have medical procedures forced upon an unwilling adult person is a right that can be waived.

[natyanayaki]

It's not, and I have said multiple times it's not. But all adults have the obligation to adhere by contracts, and if a contract can't be fulfilled than other measures can be taken --like determining that she has forfeited some of her salary.