[quote]ephrem wrote:
Vegita wrote:
ephrem wrote:
Vegita wrote:
ephrem wrote:
Vegita wrote:
Wrong, a mother and father can have a fertilized egg implanted in a surrogate mothers womb. The fetus does not rely on the DNA mother 100% of the time. Therefore you have created a situation where a surrogate mother has the right to abort the baby, which was implanted in her by the DNA parents of the child. And I would even venture to go as far as saying, in the next 10-20 years we may very well see a partially developed fetus, removed from a mothers womb, and still brought along in it’s development by either implanting it in a new mother, or nourishing it via artificial means.
V
…why would you want to abort a wanted pregnancy?
You’re saying someone can’t change thier mind? At first the Surrogate mothership seems like a good idea, but after say 19 weeks, the surrogate mother comes to realize she has had more than she bargained for and goes to an abortion clinic and aborts the baby. She is not charged with murder. Look, if you guys can use the daddy raping daughter scenario, then I can use my own far fetched but possible scenarios as well. You have stated it is her right to do this and therefore you are ok with this.
And saying it is wanted or not does not make it more or less human, or it having more or less right to it’s own life. I showed you a scenario where the DNA parents do not provide the imediate blood nutrition and oxygen for the developing fetus. and you didn’t respond to that part. So lets take it back there again, who gets to abort the baby before 16 weeks the surrogate mother or the DNA parents?
V
…i don’t know.
Will you think about it and get back to me? I have no problem with someone needing to think about a complex matter. Hopefully some of my points in the argument will help you see the value inherint in every human life, not just the ones that are convenient for the parents.
V
…in this case i’d assume legal documents were drawn up. I’d assume the surrogate mother waves all and any claims to the child as her own in exchange of a sum of money. If the surrogate decides to abort, at any time, during the pregnancy she is in violation of the contract and therefore subject to prosecution, because it wasn’t her decision to make. The biological parents can prosecute for that violation and press charges for murder in the first degree because the abortion was against their wishes…
…if it was the other way 'round, and the biological parents decided that they did not want the child, and it was still within the legal time limit, the surrogate mother would have no other option than to agree to an abortion. I would stipulate that in the contract…
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I work in the insurance industry, we deal with legal contracts all day long. You do realize that I cannot write up a contract with you saying you will carry my cookies till the end of the day and not eat one. But if you do eat one, you have broken the contract and since I love the cookies so much, you will be charged with murder.
Likewise, I cannot give you my 2 year old son to watch for the day, but in order to do so you make me sign a contract that says you are not to be held responsible for anything that happens to the child, even if he dies by your hand, you cannot be charged with murder.
See a contract must still be within the limits of what is legal. So in your case all your assumptions are incorrect. EVEN if they have a contract, it has to be within the confines of the law, so who has the right to abort? The DNA Mother? the Surrogate Mother? Or the DNA Parents? Again, I’m using my far fetched scenario so it was wanted and then one party decides against it.
V