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Who is Mary Beth Whitehead, as referenced in “The Bottle Deposit”?

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Who is Mary Beth Whitehead, as referenced in “The Bottle Deposit”?

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In “The Bottle Deposit”, Jerry referred to Tony’s stealing his car as “pulling a Mary Beth Whitehead”. In 1985, Mary Beth Whitehead was involved in what is believed to be the first US Court case concerning surrogate motherhood. “…because Elizabeth Stern was unable to carry a pregnancy, she and her husband William contracted to pay $10,000 to Mary Beth Whitehead to act as a surrogate. William Stern’s sperm was artificially injected into Ms. Whitehead’s uterus and she successfully conceived. But after the child was born, she would not accept the money, and refused to hand over the baby. This led to a battle for possession of the child between the biological father and the biological mother, which ended in a lawsuit.” Jerry was comparing the surrogate mother’s attempt to regain possesion of the baby she gave birth to with Tony’s attempt to gain possession of the car he became obsessed with.

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