A woman in her 50s has given birth to her own grandson through surrogate birth on behalf of her daughter, who was born without a womb, an obstetrician said Friday. It is the eighth surrogate birth at the Suwa Maternity Clinic in Shimosuwa, Nagano... ...full story at Japan Today
from Japan Today on Fri, Feb 29 2008
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YouTube video Birth name: Sato Hiroko (佐藤寛子)
Date of birth: February 17, 1985
Place of birth: Kanagawa, Japan
Height: 1.6 m
Measurements: 85-55-85 (33-21-33) |
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Surrogate-birth doctor finds no willing moms » Japan Times A maternity doctor in Nagano Prefecture who handles surrogate births in defiance of an industry guideline barring the practice said Thursday his clinic failed to recruit a surrogate mother from the... Read more . . . |
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The money issue with surrogacy » Japan Times Regarding the article about a surrogate mother who gave birth to "her own grandchild": This is painful to read. Why didn't the family just choose adoption instead of a surrogate birth? I can't figure out why a couple gets so obsessed with the idea that a... |
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National › 61-yr-old surrogate mother gives birth: doctor » Japan Today A 61-year-old surrogate mother has given birth, making her probably the oldest woman in Japan to do so, Yahiro Netsu, the doctor who runs the… |
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Surrogate birth ban plan targets profits » Japan Times A draft report compiled by an academic panel calls for introduction of a new law to ban surrogate births through penalizing doctors and mediators, but not surrogate mothers. Read more . . . |
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National › Surrogate baby stuck in India due to Japanese parents' divorce » Japan Today A 12-day-old baby girl born to an Indian surrogate mother is unable to leave the country, because her Japanese parents divorced before her birth, local… |
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