This week a Babble Poll asks if you think gestational surrogacy is
wonderful, terrible or if you aren't sure. I'm sure. I'm sure it's
very, very complicated. Jennifer Block's feature article about surrogacy
raises that complexity thoughtfully. The particular, physical and
emotional challenges faced by "Laurel" in the article are just the tip
of a complicated iceberg. I have long felt that surrogacy--as well as
gamete "donation"--should be uncompensated, true donation. But
so-and-so's experience puts even that simple idea into question.
Putting her body through such difficulty and shortchanging her own
children throughout her pregnancy on behalf of her friends is hard work
and surely deserves some kind of compensation. But what kind? Her
friends' gratitude? A trip to an exotic island resort?I am more inclined to
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