When a Connecticut couple learned their surrogate mother was carrying a fetus with developmental disabilities, they offered her $10,000 to have an abortion, reported CNN.
Crystal Kelley, 29, demanded $15,000 to undergo a procedure that she claimed went against her religious beliefs.
The unnamed couple refused and a legal battle over the surrogacy contract and the child’s fate followed.
"Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual." Thomas Jefferson
Quote: musiclady wrote in post #2Bless this woman! Having "developmental disabilities" does not warrant a death sentence.
Nine out of ten precious Downs' Syndrome babies are killed in the womb.
We're going to pay for this.
"Bless this woman"? According to the article, if the couple had ponied up an additional 5 grand, she would have done it. With only a retrospective claim by the surrogate to the contrary that she had already decided to keep the child, it appears she was more than willing to compromise her beliefs for a 33% boost in the abortion payment.
"The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader