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To the editor:

Mr. Adkins letter about surrogacy (4-11:?"The problem with surrugacy") is inaccurate and offensive. I have been a surrogate, and I was never "carefully groomed" by anyone. Prior to seeking out surrogacy, I had three wonderful, healthy pregnancies of my own and loved the entire process. I simply wanted to help another family who could not bring their babies into the world on their own.

I was neither exploited nor substantially rewarded. I have a master's degree and run my own successful business. Caring for this family's babies was the lowest paid job I have ever held. My main motivation in pursuing surrogacy was to help another family and participate in the miracle of pregnancy and child birth.

To be clear, I was paid to take of this family's babies, just as I am paid to take care of the children in my home daycare. I was not paid for the babies themselves, who belonged to their parents before they were trusted to my temporary care. Calling surrogacy human trafficking is as absurd as calling daycare human trafficking. No money changed hands for either my body or the babies. From beginning to end, my body belonged to me and the babies belonged to their parents.

Catholic church leaders continue to propagate lies about surrogacy because the truth is that they are religiously opposed to the use of reproductive technology and know that they cannot change legislation based on their personal religious beliefs. This is shameful and deceitful, and hurts the families who are helped by surrogacy.

Lindsay Wittrock

Forest Lake

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Surrogacy news - Surrogate mum Louise reveals why helping couple who couldn't have children was best experience of her life

SURROGATE mum Louise Cast describes giving away the baby she carried as the best experience of her life.

Louise recently gave birth to little Amelia for a couple who had not been able to have their own child.

Already parents to their own four children, she and husband James decided they wanted to help a couple who otherwise would never be parents.

It is the ultimate act of altruism but for Louise it was as much a gift to herself as to them.

She said: “To see Amelia’s parents hold the daughter they never thought they would have was incredible.

“It was better than seeing my own husband hold our children because we didn’t suffer the heartache they have had as a family.”

Louise, 39, from Kilwinning, Ayrshire, agreed to be a surrogate four years ago.

After four failed matches, she agreed to carry a baby for a couple who live south of the border.

The woman had a hysterectomy when she was 16 but kept her ovaries. Amelia is the couple’s biological child, Louise was the carrier. The pregnancy was much harder than anything she experienced with her own children, Brooke, 16, Morgan, 11, Faith, nine, and Logan, seven.

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Surrogacy news - Cervical cancer stopped me from having a baby - so my sister is having one for me

Siobhan Terry was in tears as she told her sister Ellie she needed urgent cancer treatment and it would make her infertile - but the reaction took her breath away  Siobhan Terry was in tears as she told her sister she needed urgent cancer treatment and it would make her infertile.
It was a heartbreaking moment as she ­said her cervical cancer had spread and she could never give her two-year-old ­daughter Saoirse a brother or sister.
Then the reaction of her big sister Ellie Fairfax took her breath away.
Siobhan, 31 told the Sunday People: “Ellie gave me a hug and simply said quite brightly, ‘Well, I’ll have a baby for you’.
“I had just told her if I didn’t have the treatment I could die so it was an ­incredibly emotional moment.
“Even then I didn’t expect she would actually want to go through with it.”
But single Ellie, 33, a trainee heart doctor, was true to her word.
Now she is pregnant by Siobhan’s husband Dean, 51, and counting down until the May day when she will have a baby boy – her first child – and hand him over to her sister.
Ellie said: “Having a baby for Siobhanfeels completely natural. Watching my sister battle with cancer was hard enough but it was almost more upsetting to know she couldn’t have another baby.

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Britain issues guidance on surrogacy in India

London: United Kingdom has issued a new guidance for prospective parents looking at surrogacy arrangements in countries like India.

"British Embassies and High Commissions are dealing with an increasing number of people who are choosing international surrogacy as an alternative route to parenthood, with more and more parents heading to the US, India, Ukraine and Georgia to enter into surrogacy arrangements," the Foreign and
Commonwealth Office (FCO) said in London on Tuesday.

"The new guidance urges prospective parents to ensure they are fully aware of the facts and are well prepared before starting what can be a long and complex process," it said in a statement.

According to the guidance, the process for getting a child born to a surrogate abroad back to the UK can be complicated and can take several months to complete.

Besides getting a passport for the child, parents would also need to apply for a parental order in the UK to transfer legal rights from the surrogate mother.

"We want to help inform prospective parents about what to expect right from the outset - so that they are prepared, get the right advice and they don't run into unexpected difficulties," said Daisy Organ, children's policy advisor at the FCO.

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Surrogacy - Renting a Womb - A Non-Traditional Way to Grow a Family

By Jeff Schapiro, Christian Post Reporter

February 7, 2014

 

 

Surrogacy, an arrangement in which a woman carries and births the biological child of another individual or couple who will raise the child, is a complex issue from a medical, legal and moral standpoint, though the few statistics available about the practice suggest it is on the rise.

There are two types of surrogacy, traditional and gestational. In traditional surrogacy, the surrogate is artificially inseminated and becomes the genetic mother of the child. In gestational surrogacy a fertilized egg is implanted in the surrogate, who then carries the child until birth but has no genetic relation to the child.

A 2010 report from the Council for Responsible Genetics says there are hardly any statistics available on the prevalence of surrogacy in America. Based on information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology, however, the report states that the number of children born as a result of gestational surrogacy nearly doubled between 2004 and 2008, from 738 births to almost 1,400.

"These numbers, while only skimming the surface of the entire surrogacy market, will surely continue to rise," the report states.

But who is using this nontraditional method of building a family? Dr. Samantha Pfeifer, chair of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine's Practice Committee, says those who use surrogates are typically couples who cannot have children naturally.

"[The women] desire to have a biological child with their partner or spouse but they're unable to because they lack a uterus or a competent uterus," Pfeifer told The Christian Post. Issues such as repeated miscarriages or the removal of the woman's uterus due to cancer are among the reasons she says some couples turn to surrogacy.

On the surrogate's end, there isn't much to be gained financially, said Pfeifer, except in some high-profile cases.

"They are basically reimbursed for expenses," she said. "Typically, with the majority of surrogates, there is not a huge amount of monetary advantage to being a surrogate."

She later added: "The intention is not to coerce women to do this. The intention is to pay for expenses, loss of time from work and things like that, but it's not intended to be a huge amount of money that could potentially be viewed as a coercion."

An ideal surrogate is, among other things, a woman who has already successfully given birth to a child, said Pfeifer. In some cases she is a family member or friend of those who want a child, while in others she is someone who is found through a surrogacy agency.

In addition to medical exams, psychological evaluations are also recommended for both the surrogate and the would-be parents before proceeding.

"It's a very important part of evaluation," Pfeifer noted. "Again, do no harm. We don't want to do anything to potentially harm the person carrying the pregnancy or the baby."

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