I was thinking today how about how this is a new reason men will force women to carry pregnancies to term and create a legal and economic setup where more and more women will become "surrogates." So women's bodies can be mined/farmed for cord blood and placentas along with babies.
Since this story involves HIV specifically, I also immediately thought of all the rich gay men who are already paying poor women to bear children for them, or planning to do so. In the US, these guys make a point of using contracts that deny the women dignity and basic rights. Now I bet these guys will put in clauses saying that it's not just the baby a "surrogate" gives birth to that belongs to the men - the cord, cord blood and placenta will be theirs for the taking too.
I was thinking today how about how this is a new reason men will force women to carry pregnancies to term and create a legal and economic setup where more and more women will become "surrogates." So women's bodies can be mined/farmed for cord blood and placentas along with babies.
Since this story involves HIV specifically, I also immediately thought of all the rich gay men who are already paying poor women to bear children for them, or planning to do so. In the US, these guys make a point of using contracts that deny the women dignity and basic rights. Now I bet these guys will put in clauses saying that it's not just the baby a "surrogate" gives birth to that belongs to the men - the cord, cord blood and placenta will be theirs for the taking too.
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I was thinking today how about how this is a new reason men will force women to carry pregnancies to term and create a legal and economic setup where more and more women will become "surrogates." So women's bodies can be mined/farmed for cord blood and placentas along with babies.
Since this story involves HIV specifically, I also immediately thought of all the rich gay men who are already paying poor women to bear children for them, or planning to do so. In the US, these guys make a point of using contracts that deny the women dignity and basic rights. Now I bet these guys will put in clauses saying that it's not just the baby a "surrogate" gives birth to that belongs to the men - the cord, cord blood and placenta will be theirs for the taking too.