Fake Surrogate Mother Arrested
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Fake Surrogate Mother Arrested

Soon after a New York Times writer unwittingly sparked a debate on classism over her article on gestational surrogacy, the news presents us with another potential pitfall of putting a price on fertility: con artists.A Belgian woman was arrested yesterday for allegedly swindling infertile couples over the Internet by posing as a potential surrogat...
Putting the Classicism Back Into Surrogate Motherhood
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Putting the Classicism Back Into Surrogate Motherhood

It was with profound gratitude that I happened upon a seething Salon Broadsheet essay about a New York Times article called "Her Body, My Baby." What a relief to know that another woman found this essay on gestational surrogacy as callously classicist as I had!One need only look at the photograph on the right to get a sense of how Alex Kuczyns...
Grandma Serves as Surrogate, Gives Birth to Triplet Granddaughters
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Grandma Serves as Surrogate, Gives Birth to Triplet Granddaughters

Kim Coseno's triplets had the same exact start in life as their mother... right down to the womb where they spent their first formative months. The surrogate "mother" who gave birth this week to Coseno's three little girls is also their grandmother.Coseno's mum, fifty-six-year-old Jaci Dalenberg is possibly the oldest-ev...
Who needs a uterus? Or a partner?
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Who needs a uterus? Or a partner?

Perhaps this will finally kill the use of the miserable phrase "female-headed household" to mean "single parent." Reporting on a trend that says more to me about changing gender roles than anything Sarah Palin has done, the New York Times reports that like single women who feel their biological clocks ticking have done for decad...
“Baby Factory” Spurs Controversy in Poland
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“Baby Factory” Spurs Controversy in Poland

A controversy has erupted in Poland over the opening of a "baby factory" in Warsaw. Nurse Elizhbeta Shimanskaya, who is 32, is charging parents the equivalent of about $21,000 for a surrogate mother to bear their babies. Parents must adopt the child birthed by one of the 37 surrogate mothers housed at the home no matter what its medical c...
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Jennifer Garner And Violet Have Some One On One Time

6:30 PM Looks like Jennifer Garner was able to get some quality one-on-one time with each of her girls over the weekend.  After attending an event with baby Seraphina, Jen was then se... read more

Jennifer Hudson Is Planning Glamorous Nuptials

5:30 PM Is Jennifer Hudson getting married? The actress and partner David Ortunga have been engaged for a year and a half and are reportedly closer than ever to setting the date. Accor... read more

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The Colour Me Doll Lets You Colour Your Own Way

2:15 PM Does your child like to have everything ‘just so’ and the standard issue clothing that comes with their dolls is just to, well, generic? With the Carla colour Me Do... read more

Timi & Leslie’s New Convertible Nappy Bags

12:15 PM Nothing says fashion meets function quite like Timi & Leslie’s nappy bags. Your friends might think you’ve left your nappy bag at home when you’re wearing... read more
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