It's significant because gestational surrogacy is in the public eye these days. Hollywood is creating movies and television shows featuring surrogates from hell. News articles examine India’s “wombs for rent.” TV newscasters share heartbreaking surrogacy scams.
The issue being addressed is that not all surrogates are 'white trash', money hungry, or crazy individuals. The perception of who these surrogates are and how surrogacy works in skewed base on the media perception. It's not as easy as one thinks to be a surrogate, and most women who work with reputable agencies get denied
The big picture is: Who fits the bill to become a surrogate? Are your readers/viewers those type of people.
Not that I can think of.
It impacts people by showing the public who surrogates really are and the the agencies they work for.
“Surrogacy is in the news now more than ever,” says Robin von Halle, president of Alternative Reproductive Resources, a Chicago agency specializing in bringing intended parents together with gestational surrogates and egg donors. “Every day, the number of intended parents on our surrogate waiting list grows.”
Indiana resident Tina Sprague, 27, decided to become a surrogate after having two children of her own, delivering twins as a gestational surrogate in May of 2007. She was surprised at the length and detail of the application process. “Becoming a surrogate wasn’t easy,” she says. “The psychological testing was long and intense. But it was worth it. I can say that this was one of the most rewarding experiences of my life.”
There is a press release and quiz in this topic: ttp://www.arr1.com/newsrelease/040808.html
Check out the blog: http://conceptionconnections.wordpress.com/
Contact me at 312.666.6662. I can set interviews up with the folllowing:
Robin von Halle, president of Alternative Reproductive Resources (ARR)
Jan Elman Stout, Psychologist
Tina Sprague, surrogate