Family
Aug. 16, 2011
Baby-selling under the guise of surrogacy
Another scandal for reproductive law--is it time to stop the commercial baby-making?
Judith Daar
Dean-Elect, Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University
Here we go again. The world of assisted reproductive technologies (ART) is being rocked by another scandal, this one involving a baby-selling scheme orchestrated by a "prominent" attorney who sent women to the Ukraine for embryos transfers and then sold the rights to the child to couples desperate to become parents. Even before the Suleman Eight could say "Octomom," the ART wall of shame has another eye-popping entry that leaves even the most ardent supporters wishing in vitro ferti...
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