Thursday, January 7, 2016

Third-Party Reproduction: The Commercialization of Parenthood By Ellen Giangiordano

FROM NEW OXFORD REVIEW
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Third-Party Reproduction

The commercial production of infants using donor sperm and/or eggs is a practice that must be deemed another American failure, akin to slavery.

Donor Sibling Registry Logo
Donor Sibling Registry Logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
What “we the people” are doing is wrong. Donor-conceived citizens have had their pockets picked, even before conception, of natural rights the vast majority of Americans enjoy, including but not limited to being born through natural and free human reproduction as found in nature, knowing one’s biological mother and father, knowing one’s complete medical history, and knowing that one’s love interest is not one’s half-sibling.