[Tax-chick]

Buying and selling children is wrong, even if the government is also a can of worms.

[House Atreides]

“Buying and selling children is wrong, even if the government is also a can of worms.”
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Tell that to the child who now has life because of the yearnings of the parents (I.e., biological father and his wife) and who otherwise would not have been born.

[Nifster]

Yup. And no where are the words husband, wife, or married used

[livius]

Yes, but they did it and the child is born. I don’t think this is a good idea, but we’re talking about a fait accompli.

Supposing this was a child whose parents had died or (as in many cases) ended up in jail or were for some other reason unable to care for him and the child was given to the grandparents. This is not an uncommon situation.

Why should the state allow older parents in the case of a grandchild or other relative but not in the case of a child (however conceived)?

I think the state just didn’t like the parents because they were obviously well-off and they went outside of the system to have the child.