1. Surrogate MotherHood
Whitehead was given $10,000 and was expected to surrender her own parental rights with the birth of the baby. ... It is also expected that she relinquish all parental rights and ties to the child once it has been born, making the couple the sole legal parents of the baby. ... In cases where the biological mother wants to keep the child, the "ultimate issue is whether she or the infertile couple have parental rights," (Field, p.7). ...
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