Families considering using an egg or sperm donor should carefully consider the following:
Article continues as follows: http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-eggsqanda8dec08,1,2279200.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california
Alot has been written about recently about the plight of a California couple whose daughter suffers from Tay Sachs. Our prayers go out to both of them, and we would like to start a dialogue on this site to further discuss what everyone thinks.
Article is as follows:
Troubled by the health history and backgrounds of some anonymous egg and sperm donors, leaders in the fertility industry have said in recent weeks that they would create a national registry to track donors and birth outcomes.
In response to a Dec. 9 article in The Times about a child born with a terminal genetic disease, representatives from the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology, a fertility industry organization, said they intend to record the histories of donors and surrogate mothers to help prevent such tragedies.
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Additional Articles: http://www.choiceusa.org/blog/?p=384
By Mary Ellen McLaughlin
If egg donors weren’t compensated, the whole business of assisted reproductive technology would be a shadow of where it is today. “No one would [donate eggs] for free,” one donor told a writer with MSNBC. “Maybe for your sister, but not for a stranger.”
Reminder of Article: http://conceptionconnections.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/compensation-for-egg-donors/
This article is helpful in answering some of the basic questions about egg donation. Have a look at:
http://www.abcnews.go.com/WN/story?id=4134371&page=1
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