I'm this high school dropout. I quit in my sophomore year, when I was 15. I worked for a while in a deli, and when I was almost 17, I got married. — Mary Beth Whitehead Copy Share Image
I try not to pass judgment on anyone, and I wish they wouldn't pass it on me. — Mary Beth Whitehead Copy Share Image
People wanted me to be like the Madonna, the white nun, you know, and that's not me. But I'm no villain. — Mary Beth Whitehead Copy Share Image
Being a mother comes first for me. Before my husband, before this surrogacy crusade, before myself. I don't see myself as particularly strong. — Mary Beth Whitehead Copy Share Image
I don't particularly like being pregnant. I like the baby at the end. Pregnancy is a very distant thing for me. I can't seem… — Mary Beth Whitehead Copy Share Image
Out of the ashes of Sara Whitehead rose Melissa Stern. Out of the ashes of Mary Beth Whitehead, there were pieces lost. — Mary Beth Whitehead Copy Share Image
I'm this high school dropout. I quit in my sophomore year, when I was 15. I worked for a while in a deli, and… — Mary Beth Whitehead Copy Share Image
I'm not perfect. I've made mistakes. I'd do a lot of things different if I could. I'd never, ever, get involved with surrogacy again.… — Mary Beth Whitehead Copy Share Image
I have great sympathy for people that are infertile, but a life is not something you can give away. — Mary Beth Whitehead Copy Share Image
People come out of prison and aren't treated like I've been treated. I didn't kill anybody. I didn't violate anybody's rights. My rights were… — Mary Beth Whitehead Copy Share Image
You cannot contract to sell a baby. If they legalize this contract they may soon start bringing poor women in from other countries just… — Mary Beth Whitehead Copy Share Image
