Saturday, December 22, 2007
Ohio Supreme Court: Surrogate mothers have no right to child if egg isn't theirs
Via The Plain Dealer:
Women who agree to carry a surrogate pregnancy when the egg involved is not theirs have no parental rights over the child after it is born, a sharply split Ohio Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.
In a case that questioned the legality of a contract involving a Kirtland man, the justices said Ohio laws that prohibit parents from dissolving their parental responsibilities through financial agreements do not apply in such situations.
The case began when a Cleveland State University professor sued a Pennsylvania woman for breaching a contract after she bore triplets for him but then refused to give up custody of the children as they had agreed.
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/reproductive_rights/2007/12/ohio-supreme-co.html