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On Jan. 5, Jennifer Lahl, president of the Center for Bioethics and Culture Network, issued a written statement that said "Melissa Cook may finally be the turning point in the third party reproduction age. This is a landmark case. Women across America have been bullied, intimidated, exploited and used by the commercial surrogacy industry that preys on the poor for profit. Now that industry has gone too far by trying to force women to abort healthy babies solely for financial benefit."
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Surrogacy critic Jennifer Lahl on Tuesday said Ms. Cook's case could be "the turning point" in third-party reproduction.