Volume 34, Number 6 · April 9, 1987
The Contract for 'Baby M'
By Murray Kempton
Mary Beth Whitehead concedes that she bound herself to the contract that committed her to surrogate motherhood without overmuch attention to its terms. She is a high-school dropout, and her carelessness has been paid for with pains and trials for herself and others. But what excuse can there be for governors, legislatures, and courts who have yet to look at contracts like the one she signed and wonder whether they might not be an offense to sound public policy?
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