The Baby Died. Whose Fault Is It?
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The article discusses a tragic case of a surrogate baby's death and the ensuing dispute over responsibility, highlighting the complex issues surrounding surrogacy; the discussion revolves around the disturbing aspects of the surrogacy industry and its implications.
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Putting on my CEO hat: The product must be controlled all the way to "The Island" [1]
[1] "The Island" 2005, might be available on big tube media.
> Bi isn’t anti-surrogacy—in fact, she frequently advises other investors who are pursuing it and sends me links to startup after startup. Sheel Mohnot, a venture capitalist friend of Bi’s who has commissioned twiblings, said the problem is that information is siloed when “each agency has their own database of wombs.” In this model, surrogates are the gestational equivalents of Uber drivers or Amazon warehouse workers. “There should be a database of carriers allowing us to filter on what we want: age, BMI, willingness to abort the fetus,” Mohnot said.
No. Shut it down. Everything about this is sick and twisted.