Ok so I'm kind of heated right now because I just finished spending about an hour writing on this blog and pressing save periodically and then tried to publish when I finished, but it didn't publish for some reason? Then my internet stopped working on my laptop, and when I went back on the blog, all of my writing was gone! Sorry I'm kind of venting on here. Anyways, a summary version of what I had originally wrote is that I found out some emotional and disturbing news this Thankgiving break from my mother who had discovered that a lady named Theresa Erickson, and two of her assistants, had been selling babies through a surrogacy company in Poway, CA. The article stated, "Theresa Erickson, 43, pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for transmitting fake documents to the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego and falsifying information to the couples whose babies were born through surrogates she recruited." She and her partners had would sell babies for $100,000-$150,000, but through a contract where she only promised the surrogate mothers between $35,000-$40,000. Crazy, I know. This touches home because my mother was a surrogate mother under these three ladies. My mom is still waiting to see what actions she can take. I know justice will be served.
Here is the article and the video:
Wow this article is shocking. I as well cannot believe someone actually did this to try and make some money. The fact that she had to send the surrogates to Ukraine to have the procedure done is just asking for trouble to begin with. Then falsifying information to the innocent families who just want to have a child. It seems as though Erickson's profit was not that much in the long run especially in comparison to her $250,000 federal fine and $120,000 payment to the 12 families she sold babies to. I think her punishment was justified although I think I would have given her more then 5 years in jail due to the inhumanity of her actions.
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