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Posted by Joanna Karpasea-Jones Jun 10, 2008 |
When the mixed race twins were born as a result of an IVF mix up in the UK, the British Medical Association called it an 'appalling tragedy'.
It would have been distressing for the parents to realise that the children were only in part related to them, and for the biological father to realise that a total stranger had carried his child, but we're talking about the birth of children, here.
How do you think those children will feel in a few years time when they are grown and realise they were called an 'apalling tragedy'?
It is tragic when a baby is born into a divorcing family, or he is born not wanted and put up for adoption, but even in these difficult circumstances, you cannot take away from the miracle of birth.
This couple were infertile. If I was infertile and had given birth to healthy twins, genetically related or not, the last thing I would think is that they were an appalling tragedy.
As for the woman in the States and her son, I sincerely empathise with both of them. When a woman goes through pregnancy, morning sickness, sore breasts, swollen ankles, aching joints and labor pains, she is the birth mother of that baby whether it came from her egg or not.
I understand the biological parents grievance, but to go for custody on the basis of genetics is nothing to do with the child's rights. He has been born to a woman he sees as mother, and now because the sperm and egg came from someone else, he finds himself fought over like a piece of furniture, split between two families. As his biological parents were also pregnant at the same time, he should be allowed to remain with his birth mother and both families should get on with their lives.