SURROGATE SISTERS: One way to discourage the...

SURROGATE SISTERS: One way to discourage the strife in surrogate mother cases like Anna Johnson’s (A1) is for women with fertility problems to turn to their sisters, says one specialist. . . . Dr. Ricardo Asch, director of the Center for Reproductive Health at UCI Medical Center, says asking a sister to bear your child can preclude the combative and possessive emotions that sometimes arise in hired surrogates. . . . But not always. Custody fights between sisters have occurred in South Africa and England, Asch says. “Maybe we’ll never be able to prevent it entirely.”