Baby Sellers Playing the Blame Game. Everyone is a victim.

"It wasn't me."

"It wasn't my fault."

"I didn't stop them."

"I didn't know what I was getting into."

We have heard all of these quotes from the players involved in the "Baby Selling Case."

Recently, there have been many posts around the web on how to protect yourself and make sure that you are doing a safe and legal surrogacy. They writers make the assumption that the people involved in the Baby Selling Scandal didn't see the red flags. They weren't aware of the laws and they were taking advantage of and are indeed "victims."

None of the adults involved were victims.

Certainly in the present case it cannot seriously be argued that the surrogates lacked the intellectual wherewithal or life experience necessary to make an informed decision to enter into the surrogacy agreement.


In fact, the surrogates all had issues that removed them from the ability to be approved as qualified surrogates in the USA that could be compensated. They were either to old, had health issues, or lived in a State or Country the makes Compensation illegal. 


They were part of the surrogacy community and understood that a woman who enters into a gestational surrogacy arrangement is not exercising her own right to make procreative choices; she is agreeing to provide a necessary and profoundly important service for Intended Parents. That are specified and known before the transfer.


They went around and sold their services to the highest bidder. Accepting the payment of money for the gestation and relinquishment of a child (baby selling) by the economic exploitation of the future adoptive parents. Whomever, they might end up being.


All the time the surrogates knew what they were doing was wrong and publicly lied about their surrogacy journey. They thought they would be protected by the lawyers and get away with their part of the scheme.


The adoptive parents were no better.


They used their pocket book to jump to the head of the line and purchase a baby. They saw the easy way to become parents through the adoption process and took advantage of the situation.


Not a single adoptive parent made a victims statement to the court at the sentencing of Theresa Erickson or Carla Chambers.


In fact, the majority of the parents have refused to talk to the FBI at all.


They have already been rewarded with their parental rights and should be happy they are also not facing jail time for their participation in buying the babies. 


It's impossible to have baby sellers without baby buyers. They were all sailing together on the same boat.


Yesterday in a news interview Theresa Erickson says "I didn't stop them" without explaining who "They" are - and implies that she to is a victim of others bad behavior. She doesn't agree that she should be called the leader and King pin of the conspiracy.

Without her involvement no one else gets to play the baby selling game. She is the only one that could file the documents in the California courts and get the PBO's approved. Without her leading the group no one else gets to play.

That is why she got the longest sentence of everyone involved and will be paying the most restitution.

The courts are asking restitution from all three women:
Carla Chambers $189,773
Hilary Neiman $189,773
Theresa Erickson $801,414

No one that was involved with this scheme missed the red flags and got hoodwinked. Everyone had their own selfish reason to look past the red flags and happily jumping on board to become co-conspirator.

None of the adults involved are innocent.

None of the adults involved are victims.


In the end we are left with this all telling quote from Theresa Erickson:
"Remember, any story can be spun and manipulated......"


This is what all of the adults are doing.

They are pointing the finger at the other person and saying "it wasn't me!"
"It really, it wasn't me!"
"It was them! They are the bad one's!"

"I am the victim."

"Now give me $38,000 for my involvement in the crime! I earned it!"

When you look at the facts, it should be clear that all of the co-conspirators should have been treated equally. Surrogates, Parents, Lawyers, and Facilitators are all equally parts to the puzzle.

At the sentencing, The Honorable Anthony J. Battaglia said "When you're in for a penny, you're in for a pound." He needs to apply his own words to this case and not award the Surrogates or Intended parents any restitution.