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Subj : Re: Nobody's ... script editor
To   : alt.tv.er
From : MauiJNP
Date : Fri Sep 30 2005 19:11:28

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.er


<npardue@indiana.edu> wrote in message 
news:1128104514.822612.65460@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>
> MauiJNP wrote:
>
> So I did a quick web search, and turned up at least one surrogacy
> contract online.
>
> http://www.surromomsonline.com/articles/index.htm
>
> It doesn't specifically address the requirement to have a c-section, in
> so many words, but DOES say  that the surrogate "agrees to consent to
> any medical tests or procedures deemed necessary or advisible by her
> obstetrician or midwife." (And also that she agrees to abstain from
> potentially hazardous activies like smoking, drinking alcohol, exposure
> to toxins, etc.) AND ... that she agrees to 'deliver to the intended
> parents a healthy child, to the fullest extent that she is capable of.'
> (I dont' think a 25% risk of 'major complications' fits that
> agreement.)
>
> It further says that the intended parents are required to accept the
> child, regardless of gender or health, but if there are birth
> defects/injuries that can be determined to be the direct result of the
> surrogate's actions (as is clearly the case here) that she is required
> to pay back all the money they gave her.
>
> Oh, and if she needs a c-section, she gets an extra $1000 as
> compensation.
>
> Naomi
>


thanks for looking that up and putting some actual facts down.

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