Jackie Fellows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Hi Sue
Would love to visit but I think I'll pass on the frozen bodies, especially the
heads. What in the world are they going to do with the heads?? Fasten them on an
artificial body? Or on a human body that the head has been damaged? Oooh.
The ironic thing is that we use an exercise in which the students have to discuss
the implications of a couple doing that very thing and then getting a divorce
before the baby is conceived and fight for custody. In the meantime the child is
being raised by a foster mother. Now, who should get custody--one of the donors,
the surrogate mother, the foster mother, or one of the ex-spouses? This was a
ficticious exercise--sounds like it really isn't so imaginary.
jackief
Sue Hartigan wrote:
> Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Hi Jackie:
>
> The story revolves around a man who divorced the woman, and since has
> refused to pay child support for the baby that was conceived via the way
> I explained. He said that he wasn't legally the childs father. The
> court saw it otherwise, and has ordered him to pay support. It is a
> landmark case, because this has never come up before.
>
> The egg and sperm was from an anonymous donor, I am not sure about the
> surrogate though.
>
> I hadn't thought about the things you mentioned, and they do make a lot
> of sense. But I also tend to lean with you about the designer part. :(
> There is a place in Escondido which collects and freezes sperm from men
> who are in the highest IQ rating as possible, also from famous people.
>
> Women can go there and get impregnated by these men's sperms, by picking
> out who or what they desire. It is perfectly legal. It has been there
> for years and still is thriving.
>
> Then we have the cryonics place here in Riverside, where they freeze the
> bodies, to bring them back later. They have a few heads too. <BG>
>
> Want to come visit? <BEG>
> > Hi Sue
> >
> > I would think that they knew the surrogate mother so they would be a part of
> > the pregnancy--social support, etc. Also, they would maybe feel they could
> > bond more easily with the child because they would be at the birth, I would
> > imagine. Who donated the sperm and egg--was it a relative? That might be
> > a reason. Being there while the woman is carrying the child, they might
> > feel they can make sure the child is not exposed to smoking, alcohol, undue
> > environmental stress. That is a few things I could think of. The cynical
> > part of me says it may be they want to have a designer baby. Adopting a
> > child does not give you the opportunity to match the characteristics you
> > want with the child you will be raising. There was something on tv about
> > designer babies recently that suggested some of these very things.
> >
> > jackief
>
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