Mary Beth Whitehead
Mary Beth Whitehead
Baby Mwas the pseudonym used in the case In re Baby M, 537 A.2d 1227, 109 N.J. 396for the infant whose legal parentage was in question...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCelebrity
Date of Birth27 March 1986
CountryUnited States of America
bringing cannot contract countries legalize poor sell soon women
You cannot contract to sell a baby. If they legalize this contract they may soon start bringing poor women in from other countries just to be breeders.
bear children women
Women just weren't made to bear children to give them away.
He considers me just a uterus with legs.
involved
I'm not perfect. I've made mistakes. I'd do a lot of things different if I could. I'd never, ever, get involved with surrogacy again. It's so weird.
almost high school sophomore worked
I'm this high school dropout. I quit in my sophomore year, when I was 15. I worked for a while in a deli, and when I was almost 17, I got married.
mother
Being a mother comes first for me. Before my husband, before this surrogacy crusade, before myself. I don't see myself as particularly strong.
great life people sympathy
I have great sympathy for people that are infertile, but a life is not something you can give away.
people
People wanted me to be like the Madonna, the white nun, you know, and that's not me. But I'm no villain.
hated likes mary people treated
People come out of prison and aren't treated like I've been treated. I didn't kill anybody. I didn't violate anybody's rights. My rights were violated. Nobody likes to be hated, but the whole world hated Mary Beth Whitehead.
I try not to pass judgment on anyone, and I wish they wouldn't pass it on me.
mary pieces
Out of the ashes of Sara Whitehead rose Melissa Stern. Out of the ashes of Mary Beth Whitehead, there were pieces lost.
life
I gave her life, I can take life away.
believe distant
I don't particularly like being pregnant. I like the baby at the end. Pregnancy is a very distant thing for me. I can't seem to believe there's really a baby there. It's such a miracle.