Legal Puzzle of Parentage? New York Times finally gets it right on this one.....
Surrogacy & Egg Donation & the Legal Puzzle Regarding Parentage - I am pleased to see that someone at the New York Times finally posted something positive on surrogacy - a concept to say the least regarding how these cases should be handled by the courts. In fact, the writer is focusing on the science that is now evolving whereby the defective DNA of one female is removed and replaced with another female's DNA - effectively causing there to be more than two genetic parents. However, the writer elaborates with some common sense information that is both timely and responsible.
"When technology transforms a legal field — as the Internet is doing now for privacy, and digital music and video are doing for copyright — judges and legal thinkers have to decide what are the important values.
Parenthood cannot be reduced to a formula, but the law should move toward a greater recognition that the intent of the people involved is more important than the genes. That would provide useful guidance for courts to think about fractional parents — especially if the day comes when three or more people want to combine their DNA to create a baby."
Nice job and good advice for the courts and legislatures alike!
