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Norwegian Minister for Children and Families Kjersti Toppe says that as it illegal to use a surrogate mother in Norway it should not be permitted to use a surrogate mother abroad. worldakkam.com/norwegian-fami…
Toppe said that she wanted to criminalize the use of surrogate mothers abroad: “... the disciplinary provisions form *an attitude* and support the seriousness of the legal provisions. The important thing is to clarify that *this is prohibited*."
This follows the statement on surrogacy from Ukraine's Children Ombudsman, Mykola Kuleba, calling #surrogacy the “exploitation and slavery of women who decide to become a surrogate mother" and “making money on the sale of children”. #babybuying
I want to post a few words of caution about this gofundme and share what little I know or am able to surmise.
Fundraiser by Shabana Hussain : The Nameless Boy-help us rescue an abandoned baby gofundme.com/f/the-nameless…
Fundraiser by Shabana Hussain : The Nameless Boy-help us rescue an abandoned baby gofundme.com/f/the-nameless…
From updates by the poster: the surrogacy community has banded together to raise money. The anti-surrogacy groups are pushing an agenda.
New Hope Surrogacy who posted on Facebook are a Ukrainian surrogacy clinic. They removed the post from Facebook overnight.
New Hope Surrogacy who posted on Facebook are a Ukrainian surrogacy clinic. They removed the post from Facebook overnight.
World Centre of Baby who have offered to arrange and pay for an ambulance to move the baby are another Ukrainian surrogacy agency.
Thread: When is a mother a mother?
Many People have heard of Baby Gammy, the Thai boy born to a surrogate mother and rejected by his Australian commissioning parents due to his having Down’s syndrome whilst they kept his twin sister. Gammy’s mother opted to raise him herself.
Many People have heard of Baby Gammy, the Thai boy born to a surrogate mother and rejected by his Australian commissioning parents due to his having Down’s syndrome whilst they kept his twin sister. Gammy’s mother opted to raise him herself.
Not so many people are familiar with Britain’s own Baby Grammy, a twin girl who was cruelly rejected by her commissioning mother who kept the sibling baby boy.
Woman rejected disabled surrogate baby as a ‘dribbling cabbage’.
thetimes.co.uk/article/906372…
Woman rejected disabled surrogate baby as a ‘dribbling cabbage’.
thetimes.co.uk/article/906372…
In the USA the mother of Seraphina Harrell refused the demands of commissioning parents to abort baby Seraphina due to her serious congenital abnormalities even after being offered $10,000 to do so. The Harrell’s (her surrogate mother & husband) adopted her and cared for her.
We are a grassroots, single-issue, campaign group focussed on #surrogacyreform but with 2m refugees, more fleeing, others trapped, unable or unwilling to leave their homeland #Ukraine it’s impossible to remain focused on #uksurrogacy
With media outlets, politicians and agencies focusing on the commissioning parents, some journalists like @thedalstonyears see #internationalsurrogacy for what it is – the peak of entitlement, never more clear than during times of conflict.
theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…
theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…
@thedalstonyears “The Irish Independent, for example, reported on a County Kerry couple who had brought their son back from Ukraine without making any reference to their surrogate, presumably left postpartum in a war zone…
