[Bill,
July 16, 2007]
The decisions right: Some can have three parents
A state superior court declares a child can have three parents.
Note: I'm not exactly sure of the facts of this case. But if this case concerns a sperm donor, an egg donor and a "gestational surrogate" [I already loathe the term], then clearly the child has three parents. Two from whom it received its DNA, and the mother [a better term than gestational surrogate] who carried the child to term.
Technically, two parents. But a gestational surrogate who carries the child to term -- risking her life, by the way, and going through the great fun of childbirth -- has parental rights.
It gets really complicated, though, once you open that door. What if sperm can be hybridized, and the same eggs? Does donation of a chromosone to a sperm count?
I dunno. People smarter than me have to figure that out.
Am I wrong?
Fortunate children have many people who love them as much as their parents do. But in the best interests of children, no court should break open the rule of two when assigning legal parenthood.
Note: I'm not exactly sure of the facts of this case. But if this case concerns a sperm donor, an egg donor and a "gestational surrogate" [I already loathe the term], then clearly the child has three parents. Two from whom it received its DNA, and the mother [a better term than gestational surrogate] who carried the child to term.
Technically, two parents. But a gestational surrogate who carries the child to term -- risking her life, by the way, and going through the great fun of childbirth -- has parental rights.
It gets really complicated, though, once you open that door. What if sperm can be hybridized, and the same eggs? Does donation of a chromosone to a sperm count?
I dunno. People smarter than me have to figure that out.
Am I wrong?
It's unnatural, you say? Ah, but their talking points are stockpiled and ready to go:See? It's the same set of talking points every time, no matter what the issue at hand. Three parents, three legs, three heads... what's the difference?