There is a dark side to the surrogacy industry that no one wants to talk about.
When money, contracts, and abortion clauses enter the equation, babies can start being treated less like precious human lives and more like products. And when that “product” doesn’t arrive exactly as ordered, suddenly there’s a conversation about canceling the order.
Baby Gabriel exposes just how disturbing that mindset can become.
Surrogate mother McKenna West was carrying a baby for a California couple when doctors discovered around 20 weeks that he suffered from a rare and serious heart defect. According to West and court filings, the intended parents wanted the pregnancy terminated. West refused. She ultimately fled Alaska for Texas, determined to give this baby a chance at life. Baby Gabriel was born on August 12 and is now receiving critical medical care as a bitter court battle continues.
Think about what we have become. A child develops a medical problem, and abortion becomes an acceptable escape clause in a contract.
A baby is not a defective product. A womb is not a factory. And abortion is not a return policy.
On Stinchfield, we expose the dark side of commercial surrogacy and the culture that has convinced too many people that an unborn child’s value depends on whether that child is healthy, convenient, or wanted.
Life is precious. Especially when it is inconvenient. Especially when it is imperfect.
Baby Gabriel deserved a chance to live. Every baby does.
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