10 - Friday, March 15, 1985 - North Shore News “There are naturaliy parental people that would not have children.” otherwise ‘“*Surrogate motherhood is. nothing new. If one reads a Bible, they will discover that it has been around since Biblical times. “The abhorrent part to most people today is the commercialization of to- day’s surrogate motherhood. There is cause for reservations when one thinks of it in terms of a woman ‘pro- stituting’ herself by becoming a ‘baby machine’ and accepting money for the life of a child. However, if one thinks it through, it is far ’ from that. In most cases, ’ the fees exchanged are to cover room, board, med- ’ ical and legal costs. I feel if the money is used for those purposes and if not one cent can be construed as being paid for the Jewel theft A PRELIMINARY - hearing date has been ‘set: for the two men arrested in connection with the $1-miliion armed jewelry heist Jast month. Rajvinder Paul ‘Singh Gill, 37, . of : 3411 Monmouth, Vancoiiver and Terry Singh. 27, of'no fixed address, will appear.in court -for the first day of: their preliminary hearing on May 29 at 1:30 The: hearing’ has been scheduled to continue’ May child, then it is not moraliy wrong. If a woman feels she can take a year out of her life to LINDA KELLY. North Shore Women’s Centre have someone else's baby, then it is her deci- sion. ‘The other sticky aspects of surrogate 30 and 31, with a continua- ‘tion date set for June 10, if necessary. . Singh faces one count of possession of stolen proper- ty, while Gill faces two simi- lar counts, The two men have been — charged jointly with one ‘count of robbery, one count of unlawful confinement, one count of assault causing bodily harm, one count of committing an assault while carrying a weapon or an im- itation thereof, and one Moving projectors on tracks j a I; pout NE ainscen New” need wo “a j 8 t ‘ ft. 4 of t \ ‘. 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There should be legal guidelines preventing that from happening. “I believe there are naturally parental peuple out there that would otherwise not have an opportunity to have children. With more and more young unmarried mothers keeping their babies, and with many others deciding on abor- tion, there are just not many babies available for adoption. With the pro- per legal guidelines in place, | believe there is a place for surrogate motherhood in our socie- ty." . By JOANNE MACDONALD Af “For the Christian, sex is to be confined to marriage, so too, conception of children.”’ ‘regard surrogate motherhood as a highly questionable practice. One of the questions we must answer in the whole field of- genetic engineer- ing is who determines what is right and what is wrong. | would say man has become his own gad, which means there are no absolutes outside of our own consciences to which we can appeal in trying to determine what is right and wrong. For the Christian, sex is to be confined to marriage, so too, conception of a child “Secondly, we have not given enough thought to the implications of surrogate motherhood on the child. We need to think through what the psychological, sociological and spiritual effects of surrogate motherhood are going to be on the child. hearing set count of break and enter _ with intent. The charges were laid in connection with the robbery which occurred at the home of North Vancouver jewelry merchant, Kultar Chauhan, who suffered minor injuries when roughed up during the break-in. MONEY PROBLEMS GOT YOU DOWN? if you ve got a tax refund coming, try BenTax for - fast, fast, fast relief. Feeling 3 dull thud, thud, thud in your head? A queasiness in your stomach? lt may not be the weather that has you down. 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