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...owned by Michigan Attorney Noel Keane, a pioneer in the controversial business of matching surrogate mothers with infertile parents. She was asked to fill out a five-page application, detailing her medical history and reasons for applying. Most applicants are "genuine, sincere, family-oriented women," says agency Administrator Donna Spiselman. The motives they list range from "I enjoy being pregnant" and an urge to "share maternal joy" to a need to alleviate guilt about a past abortion by bearing someone else's child. Valerie's application and her color photograph were added to 300 others kept in scrapbooks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: A Surrogate's Story | 9/10/1984 | See Source »

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