Why exactly is selling your newborn illegal/a bad thing?

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In the US at least, it’s legal to compensate someone for donating an egg for IVF, so basically, you can buy an egg. And IIRC, it’s also possible to get someone else’s fertilized egg (embryo) for IVF as well. So would it be possible to buy an embryo, and also employ someone to be the surrogate mother?
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More than possible – the knocked-up lady downstairs waiting for me to get off of work is living proof.

My wife is pregnant with an egg purchased by a gay couple and fertilized by a mixture of their sperm (obviously, only one of them is the biological father – they just don’t want to which it is [even though it’s going to be pretty obvious once this kid arrives]).

The egg donor received a fee, my wife received a fee, and these guys get a child of their own. Of course, had they needed to, they could have also purchased someone else’s sperm and had a full three-hire cocktail of baby-brewing.

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Addendum to the above:

Whoops – first off, I completely misread “embryo” for “egg”. No, you cannot buy an embryo. For that matter, you cannot even “buy” an egg. You’re paying the egg donor for her pain and suffering – basically compensating her for all she has to go through in the process of egg retrieval.

Same with the surrogate – you’re paying her for pain and suffering, not for the baby itself.

I really need to check with my wife before posting on this topic next time…