Dr. Mary Wingfield:

I am sorry, but I forgot one thing. It also protects the surrogate. There was a case in Thailand that everybody is aware of where an Australian couple had twins via surrogacy and one of the twins had a serious genetic problem. That couple did not want to take the baby home and left the baby with the surrogate in Thailand. From the surrogate's point of view, it protects the surrogate as well because what happens to the surrogate if the intending parents decide they do not want the child anymore? There are all those reasons. Again, the surrogate has been counselled prior to the pregnancy and knows that this is the situation. There are worries that the surrogate, in the days after childbirth, may be emotionally or medically not fit. For me, that strengthens the argument for making this decision prior to birth and before it all starts.