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| Title: | Parenting |
| Notice: | Previous PARENTING version at MOIRA::PARENTING_V3 |
| Moderator: | GEMEVN::FAIMAN Y |
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| Created: | Thu Apr 09 1992 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1292 |
| Total number of notes: | 34837 |
423.0. "Surrogacy and Surrogate Mothers" by PEACHS::MITCHAM (Andy in Alpharetta (near Atlanta)) Mon Jan 18 1993 12:07
Article 13354 of clari.news.top:
From: [email protected] (UPI)
Subject: Newborn has three "moms"
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 93 12:03:58 PST
BANDON, Ore. (UPI) -- Jim and Linda Mack might have some explaining
to do when their newborn reaches that curious stage.
Jim Mack Jr. brings new meaning to "all in the family." He has
three mothers -- and two of them are his aunts.
Linda Mack had a hysterectomy 15 years ago which prevented her from
giving birth. The Bandon, Ore. couple decided to adopt a pair of newborn
boys but the birth mother later changed her mind and decided to keep her
sons.
Linda's sister, Ann Scacco, offered to donate one of her own eggs
and Jim's sister, Katharine Huemann, asked to be their surrogate mother.
Both Scacco and Huemann and their families live in McHenry County, Ill.
Scacco's egg was fertilized with Jim Mack's sperm in a California
lab, and the egg was implanted in Huemann, who gave birth Thursday to a
7 pound 12 ounce boy at the Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington.
Under Illinois law, because Huemann gave birth, Jim and Linda must
formally adopt Jim Jr. even though he was conceived with Jim's sperm.
"Aunt Ann is definitely going to be Aunt Ann. And Kathy has her
hands filled with four (children)," Linda told the Chicago Tribune.
"I'll be the full-time mother. They'll be special aunts."
Most surrogate births involve a using a woman's egg and womb for
pay, or a donor egg fertilized with the sperm, implanted into the wife.
Dr. Geoffrey Sher, the couple's physician, said using the sisters
helped the Macks avoid the "ethical, moral and legal problem that might
be associated with a situation where the woman bearing the child wants
to keep the child."
Scacco, 38, preferred not to carry the baby because of her age.
Huemann's egg couldn't be used because, coupled with Jim's sperm, the
birth risked genetic inbreeding.
Everyone involved underwent testing for AIDS and hepatitis. Linda
Mack and the other women also submitted to psychological testing.
"It's a miracle. This is the best gift in the world," Jim said.
"My sister and sister-in-law -- there's no way we could repay them."
The Macks said they intend to give Jim Jr. a scrapbook of photos
and notes explaining the unusual course of events.
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| 423.1 | Surrogate Mothers,where are they??? | AIMHI::CONNOR | | Fri May 21 1993 17:23 | 19 |
| If this doesn't belong here feel free to delete or move!!
Every newspaper you pick up today listed under peronels you can
find ads for adoption. I wanted to know if it would be dumb,risky,
improper to advertise for a Surrogate Mother??
Is there a better way to approach this???
We have tryed the adoption scene and it is costly and very heart
breaking. We have been doing Fostering for a couple of years but it
is extremly heart breaking and the final result never occurs.
Any and all suggestions would be deeply appreciated!!!!!
A Dad to be someday,hopefully
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| 423.2 | | BARSTR::PCLX31::satow | gavel::satow or @mso | Fri May 21 1993 18:04 | 20 |
| "Improper" and "dumb" I don't know about, but it does seem to me that it
would be risky.
There have been many well publicized court cases of surrogate mothers who
changed their mind and decided they wanted to keep the baby, or at least
retain some sort of relationship with the child. It seems to me that
someone who might answer and ad in the newpaper would quite possibly be
someone who hasn't thought it out well, and might change her mind.
Additionally, by advertising in the paper, you increase the possibility that
it is someone who is doing it mainly for the money; that increases the
probability that it is someone who might change her mind, as well as being
someone whose need for money may be driven by drugs, which increases the risk
of AIDS.
Before you embark on this course, I would suggest consulting an attorney who
specializes in such matters.
Clay
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| 423.3 | No legal rights for JUST surrogacy | BCSE::WEIER | Patty, DTN 381-0877 | Mon May 24 1993 13:51 | 10 |
| I just caught a blurb on the news the other day, that a Supreme Court
had ruled that surrogate mothers who are NOT the biological mother,
have no legal right to the baby. They were hired for a "service",
were paid for it, and have no other legal rights.
This is different than cases such as "Baby M." where the surrogate
mother is ALSO the biological mother.
Watch the papers for more info (maybe Sunday's paper has more), I
believe it was WSSH, FM that I heard it on.
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| 423.4 | | NOTIME::SACKS | Gerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085 | Mon May 24 1993 14:21 | 4 |
| re .3:
That was the California supreme court. The surrogate mother said she'll
appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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| 423.5 | | CSC32::DUBOIS | Discrimination encourages violence | Mon May 24 1993 20:27 | 7 |
| <That was the California supreme court. The surrogate mother said she'll
<appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Was that the woman named Johnson? She was black and the bio parents were
both white?
Carol
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