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Grab a dancing partner, see Friday Magazine THE BG NEWS Vol. 69 Issue 108 Bowling Green, Ohio Friday, April 10,1987 Baby M case Soviets opens legal charge can of worms spying by Kate Foster "I BELIEVE in giving couples staff reporter the opportunity for parenting, but I think the surrogate cases are just like a stick of dynamite; As the recent Baby M case it is a dangerous extreme," he Embassy in D.C. paves the legal road for future said. surrogate parenting, reproduc- This danger, he said, could said to be bugged tive health officials are finding lurk in the form of a lawsuit for they must now take a stance on the doctor performing the in- the issue. semination if the surrogate baby MOSCOW (AP)-The Soviet Lawyers, infertility special- is deformed or disabled. The Union put on display yesterday ists and family planning centers doctor could be a legal target for microphones ana other gadgets will have to decide if they will it said were dug from the walls defend and promote surrogate and floors of its U.S. missions parenting, a form of artificial and claimed the devices prove inseminaton in which a surro- that Soviets are victims of gate mother is inseminated with See related American spies. the sperm of a woman's hus- The devices, some crammed band, carries the pregnancy to story p.3 with miniature electronics and term and then turns the child no bigger than a pencil, are over to the contracting couple. "material evidence of who is In turn, the couple pays the really intruding into the sover- surrogate mother for her ser- the mother as well if she is eign territory of others," For- vices. injured during the birth of the eign Ministry spokesman Boris Newsweek recently reported child. If the child is born with a Pyadyshev said at a news brief- that one of every six couples is significant birth defect, both the ing. infertile. That estimation, cou- surrogate mother and the adopt- The briefing and the display of pled with the shortage of healthy ing parents might reject the objects allegedly planted at So- white babies for adoption, has child. If this is the case, Pardee viet missions and residences in made surrogate parenting an explained, the taxpayers would Washington, San Francisco and attractive option for an esti- foot the bill for the institutionali- New York was a clear Kremlin mated 500 couples, most of them zation of the child. response to reports that the over the past few years, health A recent New York study ap- KGB laced the U.S. Embassy in officials sav. proves the state enactment of Moscow with bugging devices The landmark Baby M deci- legislature that recognizes sur- and compromised its security. sion reinforced the fact that a rogate parenting contracts as The Soviet counterattack surrogate contract is legally enforceable if certain conditions came as American officials binding; however, the decision were made mandatory. A few of were trying to gauge a sex-and- is being appealed. The current these conditions include psycho- spv scandal that allegedly in- contract passing hands between logical and background screen- volved U.S. Marine guards who the surrogate mother and con- ing of the surrogate mother and became sexually involved with tracting parents is in a gray contracting parents, a court re- Soviet women and were enticed area of the law since no states view of the proposed fees for the into allowing KGB agents inside have enacted regulations legal- surrogate mother, child support the American Embassy. BG News/Pete Fellman izing surrogate parenting. provided for the surrogate It was not possible for journal- John Pardee, a Toledo attor- mother if the parents decide not ists to verify that the transmit- Look out below ney who deals with adoption to take the child and that con- ters, receivers and other Looking down to check for a proper descent, Mike Riley, sophomore aerotechnology major, rappels down cases, opposes surrogate paren- tracts only be made legal if the electronic devices had actually the side of Anderson Arena as part of a Reserve Officer Training Corps leadership lab. The lab is ting ana has cited a number of woman is medically certified as been planted on Soviet property designed to prepare the Army ROTC students for more advanced training during the summer. potential legal hazards as a re- infertile. by U.S. agents. I sult of the practice. D See Surrogate, page 3. Proposal 'dead,' Few homeless get help says arms chief Process of determining eligibility cited as one cause Editor's Note: This is the last in not want to have to deal with it. fer to be out in the open ... and "Such cases don't get picked WASHINGTON (AP) - President Reagan's proposal at the Ice- a twoiMrt series on Northwest The main factors in ruling who fend for themselves, he said. up by the system ... thus, what land summit to scrap all U.S. and Soviet ballistic missiles over 10 Ohio's homeless. is eligible include an individu- they (homeless people) qualify years is a dead issue, nuclear arms control director Kenneth al's assets, actual amount of Others figure they have no for and what they get are two Adelman said yesterday. accountable income, proof of chance at receiving benefits different things," he said. "The Soviets have rejected it out of hand," Adelman said. by Cathy Hoehrt social security, proof of identifi- since they have no change of He told reporters the U.S. proposal is still on the negotiating table staff reporter cation, such as a birth certifi- clothes and never take showers. in Geneva. But, he added, I don't think it's going to come on the cate, and other resources. "So they just cut themselves radar screen on arms control again, if you ask me." Few homeless people who are "If we stood on the street off from the rest of the world," Reagan proposed a two-stage plan to Soviet leader Mikhail eligible for a variety of sources corner and handed out food he said. Gorbachev in Reykjavik, Iceland. In the first five years, the two of income are receiving them, stamps, sure, I think they would sides would cut by about one-half their long-range bombers, missiles according to one official. all come to get them. But right Bill Faith, director of the Ohio and submarines. In the next five years, all ballistic missiles would Mark Johnston, staff analyst now, they ask 'why do I need a Coalition for the Homeless said be phased out. of the office of analysis and copy of my birth certificate? that the limitations of who is U.S. negotiators formally presented the proposal to Soviet negotia- evaluation for the Department Why do I need my social secu- eligible for benefits make it tors later at Geneva. But, Adelman said, "they didn't give us the of Agriculture, said that many rity card?'" said Kathy ("as- nearly impossible for homeless time of day." homeless people have a variety sidy, administrative assistant to people to survive. The director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency of incomes outside of employ- the director of Lucas County "It forces them to bend or said the Soviets refused the offer because "they figure that the ment. These sources include Department of Human Services. break the rules to survive," he backbone of their military and their arsenal has been land-based food stamps, public assistance, MANY HOMELESS people said. ballistic missiles." panhandling (begging), disabil- are not even aware of the avail- Some U.S. allies in Western Europe also had reservations about ity coverage andSupplemental ability of the benefits. He said the system requires Reagan's proposal. Secretary of State George Shultz responded to Security Income. "There is a definite need for each case to fit into "neat little those concerns by saying a small force of U.S. ballistic missiles "There are not too many an outreach to these people, to categories" before they will give might be retained. homeless people receiving regu- educate (them)," said Frank even minimal benefits. lar benefits, though," Johnston McLaughlin, acting director of "The reality of people's lives SHULTZ WILL discuss arms control issues next Monday through said. Wood County Department of Hu- is that they don't fit into neat Wednesday in Moscow with Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard She- man Services. little categories," he said. BG News/Rob Upton vardnadze. He also may meet with Gorbachev. They would discuss He cited several reasons for Johnston said that many plans for a third summit meeting in Washington. this. homeless people he has talked to Welfare agencies often dis- Penny Davis and daughter Adelman said Gorbachev had not responded to Reagan's invita- Due to the complicated proc- have "a real fear of buildings. criminate against cases who are Doris reside at the Beach tion but said he expected the Soviet leader to be here during the ess of determining who is eligi- It's a popular reason why many not able to shower or change House for homeless people summer or early fall.