Posted on 07/07/2014 2:55:26 PM PDT by NYer
“The View” host Sheri Shepherd reportedly wants “nothing to do” with her unborn child now that her marriage has folded. Shepherd reportedly used IVF to conceive a child with her husband Lamar Sally but now is not interested in caring for the baby, who is being carried by a surrogate mother.
This story demonstrates one of the problems with in-vitro fertilization. The first problem for the pro-life movement is that the surrogate mother or the egg donor could decide they no longer want to carry the pregnancy to term and decide to terminate the unborn child’s life in an abortion.
But the second problem is in this type of situation where the egg donor changes her mind about the child. Then questions crop up about who will raise the child and whether the baby will have to be put up for adoption or placed in the foster care system — something that is less likely to happen in a natural pregnancy situation.
According to the London Daily Mail:
And according to TMZ, the 47 year-old has no genetic connection to the infant who was conceived through IVF with an egg donor and her estranged husband’s sperm.
Sources told the website on Saturday that she believes her TV writer ex defrauded her into having a child so he could get child support – knowing full well he was planning to file for divorce.
The pair first tried IVF with her own eggs but when that failed they opted to use donor egg with Lamar’s sperm and a surrogate to carry the pregnancy, the source added.
But now, according to TMZ, the former The View host does not want to be considered a parent because she does not want to take financially responsibility.
And the website reports she allegedly wants a judge to rule she has no parental rights for the baby due at the end of the month.
Two weeks ago Lamar tried to get their whole divorce case sealed in court to prevent his wife of three years talking publicly about the marriage breakdown.
A judge said Sherri can chat about her divorce as much as she wants, but she can’t reveal the name and whereabouts of the woman carrying the couple’s child, TMZ reported.
Lamar is also worried that too many people at the hospital when their surrogate gives birth could hurt the baby.
You’re right. With the situation what it is, and unable to change the past, the man seems to have done the best thing possible.
I suppose in this day and age we should be happy she married a man.
typical...
I remember the story because it was unlike the usual rejection scenarios. No mention of religion or being a religious man. He just wanted to make things right, and was extremely humbled and amazed that his thoughtless behavior had turned into such a blessing (well, for lack of a better word but maybe that’s the word he used).
Of course, he was blessed because instead of running and hiding like a coward, he stepped into the light.
Yeh what can you really even say. Its just too bizarre.
One of the dichotomies of this situation is that the children are blessings, just by existing, regardless of the wrong acts of their parents. For children who otherwise had a good upbringing, knowledge of their genetic father may filled a gap and given them a sense of integrity in adulthood that they could have lacked in childhood.
One person’s doing the right thing spreads a lot of positive energy.
Staggers the mind. I sure hope she’s on the hook financially for this child she caused to be brought into the world.
What a piece of work. Poor baby.
I’ve always called that POS show “The Spew”, for reasons this story makes obvious.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.