Patti Farrant, 62, the oldest mother, so far, wanted to enable her husband to have a child of his own. Her actions have caused much consternation and debate.
Another sad thing is that the child she carried is not her biological son. He is the baby of some poor, even desperate, Eastern European woman who sold her eggs, probably for a pittance and at great risk to her own chances of having children of her own in future. Farrant paid £11,000 for the treatment. The donor probably got £150 or less. This is scandalous.
One can readily understand a young infertile woman desperately wanting a child and be willing to pay but in Farrants case, 62 and already a mother there can be little sympathy or excuse.
The international egg donation trade is preying on the vulnerable.
I don't mean to be depressing but even worse than that are the pregnant women from Eastern Europe who are lured to Greece then when their children are born, their babies are sold to the highest bidder. They had a big feature on the radio yesterday but no one seems to want to stop it.
It is all human trafficing, another form of slavery. Thanks for posting this, the more that know the better. And let's hope some action is taken.