Word: parents
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...that. You give me $10,000, I'll give you a baby. Most contracts make allowances, even, for the abortion of the fetus if it is medically imperfect; no one, after all, wants to buy defective merchandise. The surrogate mother promises "not to form or attempt to form a parent-child relationship." The baby, remember, is not her. The surrogate, say supporters, is selling not the baby, really, but the "use of her womb." She is nothing more than a producer, the prospective "parents" her consumer...
...child is of the surrogate mother? I would argue that it is even more so. The moral strength of "motherhood" doesn't derive from the mere carrying of the child. The mechanical rigors of childbirth are common to all women. The spirit and personality of the parent are not imparted so much in the biological production of the child as in the nurturing and rearing...
...sure, the surrogate's child is of her flesh and blood. But the attachment of such a parent to such a child does not have the moral force of the product of a deliberate union between two people in love, or of an artist to his work. Their creation--and that of the artist--is more a part of them than the child the surrogate mother produces of her. Their attachment is more fundamentally "human" than the attachment of a woman who only endures the duress of carrying a child for money. Mary Beth Whitehead, like scores of surrogate mothers...
...added 20th Century-Fox studios and the Metromedia chain of independent TV stations to his worldwide media holdings), Fox made its first foray into national programming in October with The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers. Though Rivers' ratings in the battle against Johnny Carson have been disappointing, her determined parent company is now set to challenge the networks on the main stage. Next Sunday Fox will introduce its first two prime-time series, to be carried on 105 affiliated stations across the country. Three more programs will join the Sunday-night lineup in April and early...
While the final plan stresses abstinence and sexual fidelity, health experts agree that many of the specifics that HHS outlined are useful. The policy focuses on the school system but defers to state and local school boards "along with families, community and parent groups" on the content of AIDS education. The plan calls for a national media campaign as well as aggressive efforts to reach high-risk groups, and encourages the creation of special programs for black and Hispanic youth, who are considered to be particularly at risk. In fiscal 1987 the Government will spend $79.5 million on AIDS education...