Letter from Chamieka · Deconstructing with Aleeza

Letter from Chamieka

"I need to hear what y’all think about this because I’m sitting here conflicted.

This white woman carried a baby to term through IVF, gave birth, and immediately knew something wasn’t right. They pushed for answers, did the testing, and found out the baby isn’t biologically theirs. Not hers, not her partner’s. The fertility clinic is being sued and there could potentially be another person who birthed their own baby.

Further, they found the biological parents. And still… they want to keep her.

I don’t even know how to process what’s right or wrong in a situation like this. On one hand, she carried that baby, nurtured her, went through the whole pregnancy. On the other hand, that is not their child, and the actual parents want their baby back, but are being told they’ll only get visitation.

So now I’m stuck on this part.

A white couple is being positioned as more fit, more “prepared,” to raise this Indian child than her own parents?"

Important:

The biological family will only get visitation. They will have no rights to the child. This isn’t a 50\50 custody dispute.

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Letter from Chamieka