Heartbreaking story about a surrogate baby abandoned

Sick, sick people. How can anyone leave a child they so desperately wanted. I hope kharma screws them real good.

That poor child. I think it's very sad the twins have been separated.

I hope another family who is ready and willing and capable of raising him comes along and adopts him.

I have to say though, that the parents should have had an EXTREMELY detailed contract with their surrogate. Clearly they were okay with and decided to terminate in the case that there was something medically wrong with their child. And obviously, their surrogate was not okay with that decision. This is something that all 3 parties should have a conversation about and agree to BEFORE the surrogate gets pregnant. This sad situation should have never happened, and could have been completely avoided if they would have had a simple conversation and made sure that their beliefs were in line with their surrogate's. They could have taken the time to learn that their surrogate was against abortion, and they could have made the choice to go with someone different.

(I admit that I did not click on the article, and am simply posting based on what I read in the OP. If in the article it states that they did have all of that ironed out, my apologies, that is a different situation).

There are more details in the whole article-- surrogacy is Thailand is not legal unless the surrogate is related to the parents and no money changes hands, so I would guess the medical oversight for this case was probably not as strict as it might be elsewhere.

And by "not as strict" I mean "virtually nonexistent."

No not routinely.  Only if the couple decides to do testing. 

This makes me livid. Two of my close friends have children with Down Syndrome. I can't imagine leaving my own child to die. I wonder how the twin will feel when she finds out her parents abandoned her brother.

I was horrified when I heard this, what sort of parents can do such a thing. I've tried to work out of why they would have taken this action, but for the life of me I can't think of one descent reason. I'd like to hear it if they have one.

I wonder what the girl will think as she grows up and finds out what her parents did. I wonder how the rest of their families feel about it. And it would be interesting to know how their friends and neighbours are handling it.

Their names haven't been mentioned on the media, but I'd hate to be in their shoes right now, with the backlash they must be already getting from people who know who they are.

I hope the poor little fellow is adopted by some decent parents.

So very sad and unbelievable.