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Whatever happens next needs to be in the best interests of the child, but I will say if these men can afford to buy the bodies of two women: the eggs from one, the body and uterus of another, in order to buy a child, then they can afford to pay a fine.
That's exactly the problem with fines, though, isn't it?
The rich will just pay them.
So, what to do? Make the fine a hefty percentage of that specific couple's income? (Even then, fifty percent of their income hurts the moderately wealthy but not the very rich.)
Or give the male of the couple (only one, in case of male gay couples) jail time?
Whatever it is, it's gotta hurt or they'll just continue to buy children.
Yep. If the penalty to break the law is just a fine, then it's a law made for the poor.