No mommy

This has to be one of the saddest stories. I can't imagine being a parent expecting to bring home a child, only to find that I can't.

The plot:

A Japanese couple unable to have children, go to India for a surrogant who will carry a child. The child is a combination of the husbands sperm and an unidentified egg. Just months before the child is born, the parents divorce and the mother wants nothing do with the child getting back to Japan, although the father still wants her. The father goes to India but is forbidden from taking the child because neither his ex-wife or the surrogant mother want anything to do with the child. Additionally, India's law prohibits men from adopting daughters. This is a total mess for dad and his mother (the baby's paternal grandmother).

Having considered adoption, I couldn't imagine going through such an ordeal. Because many countries, including the US make it legal for surrogants to make a profit for their work, many couples flee to countries like India. But then they run into complications such as this. It has to be disturbing to learn that you can't bring your own seed home, especially after spending thousands of dollars and your own country's embassy won't get involved. Apparently this is not an uncommon occurence. According the article the US deals with many cases of this nature but have nothing in place to help these couples.

And to believe that we spend money on things like war, when people in our country want children and can't have them. UGH