Former The View star, Sherri Shepard, 47, has said she doesn’t want her unborn surrogate baby.
Shepard and her husband, Lamar Sally, have recently split and TMZ is reporting she’s not interested in being a mother for the second time because of the breakdown of her relationship which will leave her financially burdened.
The TV star, who already has a 9-year-old son, is said to have no genetic connection to the child which is due in a matter of weeks. Reports claim conception was through an IVF using a donor egg and her husband’s sperm. Apparently she’s seeking for a judge to give her no rights based on her not being the baby’s mother.
After the collapse of her marriage, Shepard appeared at a function where she told US Weekly that “you can’t beat yourself up”. She told the audience that she has great support from her friends at this time, “I have a lot of really wonderful friends [who] say “erase that! For me, my child can’t afford to see Mommy having a nervous breakdown. It’s not in the cards.’
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I have a friend who has had a procedure after trials spanning more than 15 years. Today she has a healthy baby of her own thanks to the giant leap science has taken. She used IVF program in Ukrainian clinic. Their professionals work with the hardest cases. That clinic organized a kind of medical tourism which is "all inclusive": from a taxi in the airport to the hotel and meals. It is all in addition to the whole medical program. But the most attractive thing about clinic was that it is cheaper than its Western competitors for the services they provide. She became happy mother. So there is nothing wrong or amoral about fertility treatment. If you are childless and want a baby so desperately in your life, you can understand this. India is a medical tourism destination. Foreign tourists including even Pakistanis visit India for joint replacement surgeries, organ transplants, cardiac surgeries, eye corneal transplants etc. Surrogacy is merely a step forward. You can understand what this is only when medical advancement in your own country fares at par with India..
She doesn't deserve the love of that child. A mom is someone who loves and protects and puts her kids first, blood or not. She doesn't deserve that title.