{"id":2222,"date":"2008-09-23T15:58:06","date_gmt":"2008-09-23T15:58:06","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2008-09-23T15:58:06","modified_gmt":"2008-09-23T15:58:06","slug":"circle-surrogacy-offers-reality-check-for-hit-comedy-baby-mama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2008\/09\/circle-surrogacy-offers-reality-check-for-hit-comedy-baby-mama\/","title":{"rendered":"Circle Surrogacy offers reality check for hit comedy ‘Baby Mama’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The release of Tina Fey’s comedy ‘Baby Mama’ has increased the media’s interest in surrogacy. One of the world’s leading surrogacy agencies – Circle Surrogacy<\/strong><\/a> – balances the whimsy of the movie’s plot by answering the questions: Does the movie portray surrogates, intended parents and agencies accurately? And is it good for “the cause” of surrogacy?\u201c<\/p>\n

John Weltman, president of Circle Surrogacy<\/a> says, “Baby Mama, as being the first blockbuster movie focusing on surrogacy, may be an indicator that the world is ready to deal with surrogacy and to laugh about it. If people are informed about surrogacy, then they know that the movie was just a farcical look at an absurd situation. But for those uninformed individuals, who might believe the situation to be realistic, then the story is not so helpful to the cause of surrogacy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Circle Surrogacy points out the movie’s extreme stereotype in a blog post<\/a>: “Anyone who worked with a reputable agency,” says Ron Poole-Dayan, a father of twins through Circle Surrogacy, “can attest to huge plot holes in ‘Baby Mama’. In reality, the most crucial elements of the story could simply not happen if you follow certain basic rules.”<\/p>\n

Here are some of these basic rules and conventions that render ‘Baby Mama’ highly unlikely to occur:<\/p>\n