While the world certainly needs more babies, we should not allow children to become commodities.
Recent reports reveal that a Chinese billionaire has reportedly paid for 100 children to be created through multiple U.S. surrogacy clinics — raising serious ethical and human-rights concerns about the commodification of human life.
Judge Amy Pellman was alarmed when she saw his name repeatedly appear in surrogacy petitions.
The man reportedly told the court that he wants to have 20 boys so that they can take over his family business, and expressing his favoritism toward sons rather than daughters. An ex-girlfriend believes that he may have fathered as many as 300 children through the surrogacy process.
This bizarre case is a reminder that every child is a person, not a product. As a society we cannot neglect the sanctity of human life.
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