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Gay couple wanted surrogate mother with grim cancer diagnosis to abort their baby, demanded 'death certificate' if premature baby was born alive: Report
The Blaze ^ | June 30, 2023 | Cortney Weil

Posted on 07/03/2023 8:17:04 AM PDT by Twotone

A disturbing report from the Center for Bioethics and Culture Network suggested that a gay couple in California wanted the surrogate mother carrying their child to abort after the woman was given a grim cancer diagnosis.

According to CBC president and founder Jennifer Lahl, the unnamed woman agreed to carry a child for an unidentified gay couple in California. The woman is a married mother of four who had already volunteered to be a surrogate mother once before and had a good experience, so she decided to try and help again.

This time, the experience went horribly wrong, starting when she was about 24 weeks along. At that point, according to the woman's aunt, she received a "very very bad" breast cancer diagnosis. The cancer had metastasized so aggressively that those treating her advised her to abort the baby because she needed medicine that was not safe for an unborn child.

The woman refused an abortion and actively sought a hospital which would allow her to deliver the baby early so that she could begin treatment for the cancer. However, California law — which refers to surrogate mothers as "gestational carriers" — considers the "intended parents" the child's parents and states unequivocally that "the surrogate, and the surrogate's spouse or partner, is not a parent of, and has no parental rights or duties with respect to, the child or children."

The gay "intended parents" in this case reportedly wanted the surrogate to abort the baby. They did not want the baby to be born early because the baby would likely require intense medical care and may have continued severe medical needs throughout his or her life. They also did not want anyone else adopting the child, even the surrogate herself, because they did not want their "DNA out there" being raised by someone else.

According to the woman's aunt, the baby would become the "property" of the gay "intended parents" who apparently no longer intended to be the baby's parents. The aunt also claimed that the gay couple refused to agree to lifesaving care for the child, should the child be born alive, and requested a "death certificate" in that case. Lahl speculated that the men may have wanted a death certificate to prove legally that the surrogacy contract was null and void since the "intended parents" would not be receiving a baby.

"These 'parents' are freaking despicable," the aunt wrote in an email to Lahl, according to a screenshot. "They'd rather watch (or rather they probably won't be around) their baby die than allow it to be saved as best as possible and given to a family."

Several prospective adoptive parents had stepped forward, including the surrogate's aunt, but to no avail. The gay "intended parents" refused to consent.

The surrogate's family sought help from various agencies, including an attorney, Child Protective Services, and law enforcement, but all claimed there was little that could be done. Deputies with the local sheriff's office were reportedly "sympathetic" to the family's crisis but claimed that there was no law that would have allowed them to intervene.

The surrogate ultimately found a hospital willing to induce labor and deliver the baby. The woman underwent a vaginal birth, but sadly, the baby died shortly thereafter. Her current condition and prognosis are unknown, though the aunt stated in an email composed sometime this year, according to a screenshot, that her niece was "literally fighting for her life."


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: abortion; gaycouple; homosexualagenda; prolife; surrogatemother
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To: Twotone

Under the 13th Amendment, isn’t ownership of humans as property by the gay couple illegal?


21 posted on 07/03/2023 9:02:19 AM PDT by DownInFlames (P)
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To: vikingd00d

$30k for 9 months of pain and suffering is not worth it.


22 posted on 07/03/2023 9:04:05 AM PDT by DownInFlames (P)
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To: vikingd00d; lee martell
I believe the average surrogate gets paid around $30,000.

Don't forget the fake virtue of being able to say the hetero couple support gayness with more than just words.

23 posted on 07/03/2023 9:05:49 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Twotone

…”It’s not nice to fool with Mother Nature”…


24 posted on 07/03/2023 9:06:47 AM PDT by _longranger81
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To: PGR88

To some people, children are fashion accessories. The don’t want to love a child, they only want show them off.


25 posted on 07/03/2023 9:07:03 AM PDT by Dutch Boy (The only thing worse than having something taken from you is to have it returned broken. )
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To: albie

This young woman lacked the wisdom to know this and has suffered immensely.


26 posted on 07/03/2023 9:08:44 AM PDT by longfellowsmuse (last of the living nomads)
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To: teeman8r

mental illness on parade once again, this is all it is


27 posted on 07/03/2023 9:16:58 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: Twotone
Wait. I thought the Left said men can get pregnant. So, why did they need a surrogate?

Oh, that's right, reality says, real men, cannot have babies.

28 posted on 07/03/2023 9:21:21 AM PDT by Ez2BRepub (don't know)
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To: Twotone
They also did not want anyone else adopting the child, even the surrogate herself, because they did not want their "DNA out there" being raised by someone else.

THEY (both) would not have their DNA out there. A gay couple cannot produce a child. There has to be some other party involved to provide either the sperm or the egg.

Perhaps the woman carrying the baby provided the egg, but maybe not. Nevertheless, who ever donated what to make that child possible, should also have a say in that child's life.

Sad to say, it's probably for the better that that poor baby didn't make it since it was being already treated by the alleged parents as a commodity with less value than an old shoe.

29 posted on 07/03/2023 9:30:54 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!)
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To: Tell It Right

But to place your Wife’s body (uterus & all) on top of the
altar to all things PC? That’s a big sacrifice just to score points.

The oldest of their four children may be privately wondering: “Aren’t we good enough for Mom and Dad to be happy?
I thought we were done dealing with Baby Stuff.”


30 posted on 07/03/2023 9:45:49 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: albie

Giving up your child to a gay couple is wrong to begin with. The rest is moot.
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Amen! Add that California’s schizophrenic law was passed before this woman signed her surrogacy contract. The only victim here is the murdered baby.


31 posted on 07/03/2023 9:52:21 AM PDT by nagant (`)
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To: albie

AMEN. what was she thinking?


32 posted on 07/03/2023 10:03:36 AM PDT by ronniesgal (friends don't let friends be Kardashians)
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To: vikingd00d

my kids friend got 50k she already had 3 kiddos and went on to have twins. she did it for the $$$$ to buy a house.


33 posted on 07/03/2023 10:06:49 AM PDT by ronniesgal (friends don't let friends be Kardashians)
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To: ronnie raygun

it is border line criminal


34 posted on 07/03/2023 10:14:49 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: teeman8r

Amen, teeman8r.


35 posted on 07/03/2023 10:23:15 AM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn’t become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: Twotone

The child is in paradise and will never be sick or unhappy. The “gay couple” may not ever have that opportunity.


36 posted on 07/03/2023 11:11:56 AM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: Twotone

My mother had cancer in 1959 while she pregnant with me.


37 posted on 07/03/2023 11:17:22 AM PDT by shotgun
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To: Navy Patriot

?????
I guess you didn’t bother reading the article.


38 posted on 07/03/2023 11:54:46 AM PDT by RWGinger (LGB)
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To: Twotone

“Several prospective adoptive parents had stepped forward, including the surrogate’s aunt, but to no avail. The gay “intended parents” refused to consent.”

Those two loathsome human beings should be charged with murder.


39 posted on 07/03/2023 12:04:08 PM PDT by Chgogal (Welcome to Fuhrer Biden's Weaponized Fascist Banana Republic! It's the road to hell.)
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To: Twotone
...because they did not want their "DNA out there"...

Asinine use of pronouns, or evidence of illegal gene splicing human experiments?

I wouldn't put the latter past that crowd.

40 posted on 07/03/2023 12:07:55 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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