Originally Posted by olivej:
“can someone please refresh my memory
is it actually Esther's baby? I understood that she was just the oven (so to speak) and that it was Graces egg and Trevors sperm, making it their baby...... or do I have that wrong?
Sure if that is the case, Esther has no rights to keep the baby......”
BIB: yep. You've got the situation right, Esther's just the 'oven' (great term by the way

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But as she gave birth to the baby she does have a right to keep it, whether its morally correct or not.
Originally Posted by BBC News:
“ The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 amended the 1985 Act to ensure that any woman who has a baby does not have to give it up if she changes her mind.”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/193076.stm
Apologies for the old link
Sad that every time surrogacy is used in TV, there's always a fight who keeps the baby, buy hey I guess that's more 'entertaining'...