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If Surrogacy is an arrangement, duly supported by a legal agreement, what happens when the child is diagnosed with cerebral palsy while in the womb?

Sofia's birth mother was a poor university student who agreed to become a surrogate for a rich barren couple who promised to reward her financially and help with her education.

Things fell apart when the child's abnormality was discovered. The couple claimed the agreement was not for an abnormal child. Sofia was abandoned as an embryo by her legal parents in the hands of her birth mother as soon as the doctor broke the news of her abnormality (cerebral palsy) to them. The surrogate mother wasn't financially, psychologically and otherwise ready for a child of her own. She never bargained for this. Who will raise the child? What will happen to her education?

Everyone advised the poor mother to get rid of a child that wasn't even biologically hers but she refused to heed.

Sofia was born, normal and healthy, contrary to the diagnosis. News got out and the legal parents are back to claim their child. The surrogate mother refused to let go. The couple engaged the court of law to reclaim their child. This sparks a hot debate between nature and nurture. Who does the child belong to? Find out.