A new quandary has arisen with surrogate parenthood. A family opted to pay for a surrogate mother due to fears for the biological mother’s survivability. During routine natal examinations, it was discovered the fetus had developmental abnormalities whereupon physicians declared it only had 25% of living a normal, healthy life. At this point, the family requested the surrogate mother have an abortion as they were not prepared or able to handle a medically needy child and offered financial compensation. The surrogate, however, refused.

How should a situation like this best be handled?