I believe our technology is getting ahead of thoughtful establishment of "rules." What happens if the surrogate mother changes her mind, what is the child is born with birth defects, etc, etc, etc.

I don't think being a mother (or father!) at 57 is fair to the child. Logic tells you the child will, most likely, be orphaned young.

I think overpopulation of our planet is a greater threat than all the terrorist and WMD there are. In fact, I believe overpopulation is the ROOT CAUSE of much of the terrorism and problems in the world.

Because we no longer accept being denied what we want...regardless of biology or good sense... science has developed for those who can pay for it.