Zebra
21-03-2006, 20:20
Ok, in the spirit of lively discussion and since I've read a lot of Jodi Picoult books recently, what's your opinion on this:
If a gay couple (men) both gave sperm and used IVF to fertilise and egg donated by a friend but then implanted in yet another female friend as a surrogate, who would be the legal parent/s?
Is there argument to say the surrogate is the parent as the child would share their biological system for the period of gestation?
Although both men have given sperm, we know that DNA testing would determine who the contributing 'father' would be, but are there legal implications for the other man?
Basically would the surrogate have any legal right over the child, or the egg donating woman?
Jodi Picoult by the by, writes media inspired literature which all end up in a courtroom and with some fab twists, like My Sisters Keeper about a girl conceived to donate stem cells for her older sister suffering acute myelopic leukemia, then other cells are harvested until finally she is asked to donate and organ and she sues for rights to her own body. The moral and legal implications are hazardous but it's a fab read. Keeping Faith deals with a child claiming to see God and suffering stigmata, The Pact is about two teens who have a suicide pact which goes wrong.
You get the picture.
Hence the question.
If a gay couple (men) both gave sperm and used IVF to fertilise and egg donated by a friend but then implanted in yet another female friend as a surrogate, who would be the legal parent/s?
Is there argument to say the surrogate is the parent as the child would share their biological system for the period of gestation?
Although both men have given sperm, we know that DNA testing would determine who the contributing 'father' would be, but are there legal implications for the other man?
Basically would the surrogate have any legal right over the child, or the egg donating woman?
Jodi Picoult by the by, writes media inspired literature which all end up in a courtroom and with some fab twists, like My Sisters Keeper about a girl conceived to donate stem cells for her older sister suffering acute myelopic leukemia, then other cells are harvested until finally she is asked to donate and organ and she sues for rights to her own body. The moral and legal implications are hazardous but it's a fab read. Keeping Faith deals with a child claiming to see God and suffering stigmata, The Pact is about two teens who have a suicide pact which goes wrong.
You get the picture.
Hence the question.