On April 2nd, a woman in Nebraska gave birth to her own granddaughter.
Cecile Eledge was the surrogate for her son and his husband. To further the oddness of this story, the egg for the surrogacy was provided by none other than the daughter of the surrogate who, if you’re following carefully now, is the sister of one of the husbands involved.
As a disclaimer, this article is not a protest against homosexual couples being able to raise children or their capability to do so.
The issue I personally take with this comes partially from the language used by the couple to whom the child will belong, and also the future relationships the child will have.
Here are two of the quotes from those involved.
“The cost of transferring an embryo is not expensive,”
“Each cycle of egg retrieval and transfer can cost about $12,000, which we only had to pay once, since she got pregnant for us on the first try.”
For someone like me who would identify as extremely religious, the creation of a child is seen as the ultimate expression of love. The literal, physical combination of two souls, when done properly. This talk of the cost of egg retrieval, the transfer of embryo, and the creation of a synthetic genetic connection just doesn’t sit well with me, and deep down, doesn’t sit well with many people of many cultures around the country.
Secondly, this specific situation doesn’t resonate well because of the future relationships that this child will have. The mother will not provide a maternal relationship with her daughter, she will instead, play the role of an aunt. She will step back out of the life of her daughter. The grandmother, who carried the child to term, will also have a confusing relationship with her granddaughter, putting her in a unique, and perhaps uncomfortable position. I can’t imagine carrying a child for 9 months, then having that child living in close proximity, and not having maternal instincts for that child that to an extent, must be held back in order to be “politically correct.
The creating of offspring is the most human experience that we can have on earth, this specific instance uniquely takes away from the natural portion of it, causing unnatural relationships through the relationships of those involved and the unnatural vocabulary used by those people.
I’m just happy that I won’t have to look back and figure put the family tree into order.
Is this okay in your opinion? Am I being hyper critical?
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