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  • When Children Are Born Motherless

    08/02/2007 9:28:17 AM PDT · by PercivalWalks · 2 replies · 177+ views
    GlennSacks.com ^ | 7-31-07 | Glenn Sacks
    Elise Passamani's article "Oedipus Child: When Children Are Born Motherless, Problems Await" (The American, 7/25/07)[http://www.american.com/archive/2007/july-0707/oedipus-child], deals with the case of a man, Roberto d.B., who had biological twin daughters through a surrogate mother. She explains, "When the hospital put the surrogate’s name on the children’s birth certificates as the legal mother, Mr. d.B. sued to have the certificates reissued without a mother, on the grounds that the surrogate is not genetically related to the children." Passamani is critical of Roberto, and warns against "motherless" babies. I'm against Roberto, but not completely against him. Just as it is bad for children...