Essays Tagged: "Baby M"

Prevelant Issues in Surrogate Parenting

motherhood, a couple desiring a child need not wait an indefinite number of years for an adoptable baby, as generally happens at the present time. The married couple obtains a child who is the husban ... e about with surrogate parenting. In some states the contracts that insure the infertile couple the baby of the surrogate mother mean nothing. This, in turn, can cause huge problems if the surrogate m ...

(7 pages) 143 0 4.3 Oct/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Surrogate Mothers

nother either in some life situation or in a legal context. A surrogate mother takes the place of a baby's biological mother by allowing a baby to be conceived or implanted into her womb, and giving b ... rogate mother may carry a child conceived from the father's sperm and her own egg thus enabling the baby to share his father's genetic traits. In other instances, the surrogate mother can carry an emb ...

(5 pages) 13 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers