In recent weeks, Connecticut surrogate mother Crystal Kelley grabbed international headlines when, breaking her $22,000 gestation contract, she refused to have an abortion at the would-be parents’ request. Serious genetic abnormalities were discovered in the fetus she was carrying.

The New York couple offered Kelley $10,000 to abort — $8,000 more than the "termination fee" in their contract. Instead, with the help of Hamden lawyer Michael DePrimo, Kelley chose to bear the child.