A lesbian who made an informal agreement with another woman to have a baby for the lesbian and her partner can keep the baby even though the biological parents object to the way she's raising him, the Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled.
The state's second highest court cautioned that the "terribly unfortunate case" does not set a precedent for future informal surrogacy arrangements and urged the Massachusetts Legislature to enact a statute dealing with such cases.
A lesbian who made an informal agreement with another woman to have a baby for the lesbian and her partner can keep the baby even though the biological parents object to the way she's raising him, the Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled.
The state's second highest court cautioned that the "terribly unfortunate case" does not set a precedent for future informal surrogacy arrangements and urged the Massachusetts Legislature to enact a statute dealing with such cases.…