The only 'good' thing about surrogacy is that now at least the rich buy the children, instead of stealing them from poor women, as they did before, often with the help of some elemenst of the church.
Seriously, though, this topic deserves a more serious debate than this cartoon.
(and I have no sympathy for the Vatican or any other religious hierarchy)
Former IRA volunteer and ex-prisoner, spent 18 years in Long Kesh, 4 years on the blanket and no-wash/no work protests which led to the hunger strikes of the 80s. Completed PhD at Queens upon release from prison. Left the Republican Movement at the endorsement of the Good Friday Agreement, and went on to become a journalist. Co-founder of The Blanket, an online magazine that critically analyzed the Irish peace process. Lead researcher for the Belfast Project, an oral history of the Troubles.
The only 'good' thing about surrogacy is that now at least the rich buy the children, instead of stealing them from poor women, as they did before, often with the help of some elemenst of the church.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, though, this topic deserves a more serious debate than this cartoon.
(and I have no sympathy for the Vatican or any other religious hierarchy)