Martha Rosler tackles mainstream media's representation of
the case of surrogate mother Mary Beth Whitehead.
Not exact matches
Even if you're close with your
surrogate mother and assume this to be the
case, it's valuable to take some time to sort through what kind
of relationship and contact you envision once your baby is born and you and your gestational carrier have gone your separate ways.
In these
cases, adoptive
mothers may actually be the biological
mother (if a
surrogate helped with the pregnancy), the partner
of the biological or birth
mother, or related through some other fashion.
However, the woman claimed unfair dismissal and the
case was referred to the Court
of Justice to determine whether in accordance with EU law a woman has the right to receive paid maternity leave when a
surrogate mother has given birth to a child.
However, disputes over parentage also arise between biological parents and stepparents, between
surrogate mothers and the parties with whom they have contracted, and between sperm and / or egg donors and the recipients
of their genetic material in
cases of in vitro fertilization or artificial insemination.