U.S. Supreme Court,
Family,
Constitutional Law,
Civil Rights
Mar. 13, 2013
Who chooses? Allocating abortion rights during surrogacy
What began as a routine surrogate parenting arrangement in Connecticut has sparked a national debate over abortion rights.
Judith Daar
Dean-Elect, Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University
What began as a routine surrogate parenting arrangement in Connecticut has sparked a national debate over abortion rights. Though surrogacy and abortion are rarely aligned, the pregnancy-inducing act of hiring a woman to carry a child to term has collided with the pregnancy-ending medical procedure in Crystal Kelley, a single unemployed mother of two who agreed to accept $22,000 to help another couple struggling with infertility. All was well until an ultrasound at five months gestation ...
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