November 16, 2007 1:10PM 

# Post Script to Reason Letter; Non-Coercive Alternatives to Prohibiting Abortion 

By [Sigrid Fry-Revere](https://www.cato.org/people/sigrid-fry-revere) 

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I have four acquaintances raising grandchildren as if they were their own.

Some charities will pay a woman’s medical costs if covering such expenses will help her decide to carry the baby to term.

From a libertarian perspective, individuals or charities paying a woman beyond her medical expenses should also be a viable solution. Remuneration would be for the woman’s time and physical effort (labor), not a “purchase price” for the child. The arrangement could stipulate, as surrogate motherhood contracts usually do, that payment is contingent on her putting the child up for adoption.

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