[lit-ideas] Re: Ah....outsourcing pregnancy
- From: "Mike Geary" <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 04:42:13 -0600
My scorn for capitalism won't surprise anyone here, but my admiration for it's
resourcefulness might.
>>The women earn more than many would make in 15 years. But the program raises
>>a host of uncomfortable questions that touch on morals and modern science,
>>exploitation and globalization...<<
If we can turn the wholesale killing of people into a retail industry, I don't
see why birthin' babies should raise an eyebrow.
>>Ritu Sodhi, a furniture importer from Los Angeles who was born in India,
>>spent $200,000 trying to get pregnant through in-vitro fertilization, and was
>>considering spending another $80,000 to hire a surrogate mother in the United
>>States.
>>"We were so desperate," she said. "It was emotionally and financially
>>exhausting."<<
Just wait till she sees the bill from Stanford University in about 18 years.
I wonder what their returned goods policy is.
Mike Geary
Memphis
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