All In The Family

The Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics at Loyola University

A 55 year old woman gave birth to her three grandchildren, the Washington Post reports today. The woman had offered to be a surrogate for her grandchildren when her own daughter had tried unsuccessfully for several years to become pregnant through in vitro fertilization. Ethicists' opinions on the surrogacy arrangement were varied. For more info, read on: [link] -- Linda Glenn

Labels: IVF, Linda MacDonald Glenn, pregnancy, surrogate, unconventional families

posted Dec 29, 2004 | link |

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