Poland opens surrogate baby factory
Categories: Pregnancy & birth, Adoption, In the news
Poland thinks that they have the answer to their declining population problem, a controversial "baby house" where 37 young women live, prepared to provide babies for infertile couples. Authorities say that 1.5 million couples in Poland are unable to have children, but for 11,000 pounds (about $21,000 U.S.), women at the baby house -- who are screened for health problems and who pledge not to drink or smoke -- will have one for them.
Though it's not entirely clear from reading this article, it appears that these women are not gestational carriers, or women who carry a baby who is not biologically related to them. They are surrogates in the truest sense of the word, carrying their biological children, then giving them up for adoption. This, I think, is one of the most controversial parts of this "baby factory" idea. What if the women change their mind during the pregnancy or after the baby is born? What if they aren't prepared for the emotional part of relinquishing a baby?
The center requires parents to adopt the babies immediately after birth, regardless of whether the child is healthy or not. This may prevent them from being embroiled in a situation like the recent surrogate custody issue in India, but even so, this seems to be a solution that might create more problems than it solves. What do you think?
Though it's not entirely clear from reading this article, it appears that these women are not gestational carriers, or women who carry a baby who is not biologically related to them. They are surrogates in the truest sense of the word, carrying their biological children, then giving them up for adoption. This, I think, is one of the most controversial parts of this "baby factory" idea. What if the women change their mind during the pregnancy or after the baby is born? What if they aren't prepared for the emotional part of relinquishing a baby?
The center requires parents to adopt the babies immediately after birth, regardless of whether the child is healthy or not. This may prevent them from being embroiled in a situation like the recent surrogate custody issue in India, but even so, this seems to be a solution that might create more problems than it solves. What do you think?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Heather 8-12-2008 @ 5:23PM
This really doesn't sound like a very good idea at all. Sounds like a *ahem* whore house to me. What's to say these "young women" have the right to choose when they don't want to be baby factories anymore. Are they in a contract to "produce" so many babies before they can call it quits? Do they already have families of their own? How young is going to be too young?
Just seems to open a lot of questions and open ends.
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Clint 8-13-2008 @ 5:28PM
Know any more Polish jokes?
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SignsOfFaithBook.com 8-14-2008 @ 3:06PM
There are so many orphaned children in the world already who need families...why not adopt?
This just seems too complicated and fraught with problems.
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