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Surrogacy and Baby Manjhi Japanese couple Ikufumi Yamada Yamada (husband) and Yuki Yuki Yamada Yamada (wife) traveled to India in late 2007 to discuss with fertility specialist Dr !ayna "atel their desire to hire a surro#ate mother to bear a child for them $he doctor arran#ed a surro#acy contract with "ritiben %ehta& a married Indian woman with children Dr "atel supervised the creation of an embryo from Ikufumi Yamada's sperm and an e## harvested from an anonymous Indian woman $he embryo was then implanted into %ehta's womb In June 200& the Yamadas Yamadas divorced& and a month later aby %an*i %a n*i was born to the surro#ate mother Ikufumi's wife Yuki (who was not #enetically related to the baby) didn+t want the baby ,lso& "ritiben %ehta did not want take care of the child sayin# that the contract had ended -uddenly& aby %an*i had three mothers.the intended mother who had contracted for the surro#acy& the e## donor& and the #estational surro#ate.yet le#all y she had none oth the parenta#e and the nationality of aby %an*i were impossible to determine under e/istin# definitions of family and citienship under Indian and Japanese law !or did any e/istin# e/istin# laws help to clarify the matter Japanese Japanese law didn+t reco#nie surro#acy and Indian 1aw wouldn+t allow a sin#le man to adopt a baby child hile the biolo#ical father wanted to claim the baby& he was prevented by a le#al system which had no provision for children born via surro#acy ,fter a prolon#ed le#al battle& Ikufumi Yamada+s mother& (who had come to India to look after the child she considered her #randchild& after her son+s Indian visa e/pired&) left for Japan with aby %an*i
Questions:
3 Do you you think think that that surro# surro#acy acy is ethi ethical4 cal4 hy hy44 2 Do you you thin think k that that the the cond conduc uctt of "riti "ritibe ben n %eht %ehtaa (#es (#estat tatio iona nall surr surro# o#ate ate mother) mother) ethical4 5 Do you think think that the the conduct conduct of Yu Yuki Ya Yamada unethical unethical44 6 omment omment on the ethical ethical aspect aspect of Dr !ayna "atel' "atel'ss course course of actions actions as as it ethically ethically correct for Dr "atel to su##est surro#acy for international parents4 Is it ethical to arran#e for sperm8e## donor4 9 -hould -hould sperm8e## sperm8e## donors donors be held held accountabl accountablee if no:one no:one claims claims the baby after birth4 birth4 ; Do you think think that it is ethical ethical to ban commerci commercial al surro#acy surro#acy44 hy should should someone someone like "ritiben %ehta (who is poor and in need of money) be deprived of such an option4
Adopted from Case Studies in Ethics: Teaching Teaching Notes by Kari Points published by The Kenan Institute for Ethics at Due Due !ni"ersity AND The Curious Case of #aby $an%i by &i"ea 'oy Cho(dhury published in )inancial E*press
