In her eyes, donating this egg and carrying this baby doesn't make it hers, just like donating a kidney to me wouldn't make me 'become' her. She knows that my husband and I are the ones who have wanted this child for so long, and we're the ones who will raise and nurture this child for the rest of his/her life. I love your article! I have a 7 year old and I carry her to bed, call her my baby and carry her around when I want to. My in- laws are annoyed by it, and always say” why do you call her a baby, she isnt a baby.Whya re you carrying her, she is a big girl. It’s the most annnoying thing. I love my in laws, but this one thing gets to me so much.
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ShareMrs Justice Theis, who did not identify the family, the clinic or the local authority in the area where they live, said: ‘The arrangement the parties entered into is not one, as far as I am aware, that either this court or the clinic have previously encountered and although highly unusual is entirely lawful under the relevant statutory provisions.’The father, who is in his mid-20s and lives alone, has wanted to be a parent ‘for some considerable time’ but waited until he had a settled job and home so he could provide ‘the care a child would need’. The woman offered to have the baby – with her husband’s consent – after plans by their son to have an IVF child with another female relative collapsed (file picture)‘The strength of these familial relationships, and the consequent support they provide now and in the future, will ensure the child’s lifelong needs are met,’ she added.But last night critics said the law should never permit such an arrangement.Author and broadcaster on family issues Jill Kirby said: ‘The ethics in this case are very dubious indeed. If the HFEA considers this to be a legal procedure, there is an urgent need to look at the law again.’Patricia Morgan, a leading researcher on family policy, said: ‘This child will have so much confusion in its background. Emotional damage‘The evidence suggests that the further we move away from two biological parents, the less good that is for the child.’Robert Flello, Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent South, said: ‘This case throws up many concerns and worries. My greatest concern in all of this is the potential emotional damage to the child in years to come, as he tries to work out family relationships that most of us can take for granted.’The job of the HFEA, established in 1991, is to licence and monitor clinics and embryo research, and provide the public with impartial information about both.
Its chairman since last year is former accountant Sally Cheshire.
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ShareMrs Justice Theis, who did not identify the family, the clinic or the local authority in the area where they live, said: ‘The arrangement the parties entered into is not one, as far as I am aware, that either this court or the clinic have previously encountered and although highly unusual is entirely lawful under the relevant statutory provisions.’The father, who is in his mid-20s and lives alone, has wanted to be a parent ‘for some considerable time’ but waited until he had a settled job and home so he could provide ‘the care a child would need’. The woman offered to have the baby – with her husband’s consent – after plans by their son to have an IVF child with another female relative collapsed (file picture)‘The strength of these familial relationships, and the consequent support they provide now and in the future, will ensure the child’s lifelong needs are met,’ she added.But last night critics said the law should never permit such an arrangement.Author and broadcaster on family issues Jill Kirby said: ‘The ethics in this case are very dubious indeed. If the HFEA considers this to be a legal procedure, there is an urgent need to look at the law again.’Patricia Morgan, a leading researcher on family policy, said: ‘This child will have so much confusion in its background. Emotional damage‘The evidence suggests that the further we move away from two biological parents, the less good that is for the child.’Robert Flello, Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent South, said: ‘This case throws up many concerns and worries.
My greatest concern in all of this is the potential emotional damage to the child in years to come, as he tries to work out family relationships that most of us can take for granted.’The job of the HFEA, established in 1991, is to licence and monitor clinics and embryo research, and provide the public with impartial information about both. Its chairman since last year is former accountant Sally Cheshire.