{"id":1590471,"date":"2022-08-05T08:05:07","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T12:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1590471"},"modified":"2022-08-05T08:06:22","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T12:06:22","slug":"when-sperm-and-eggs-are-monetized-human-existence-becomes-transactional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/when-sperm-and-eggs-are-monetized-human-existence-becomes-transactional\/","title":{"rendered":"When Sperm And Eggs Are Monetized, Human Existence Becomes Transactional"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhen-sperm-and-eggs-are-monetized-human-existence-becomes-transactional%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1590471&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A viral video of a gay couple discussing how they chose an egg supplier to create a child shows how the process of commissioning life using reproductive technologies can be easily reduced to a transaction that takes physical features and behaviors into account with little regard for the well-being of the supplier. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted [the egg donor] to have lovely big eyes. I wanted her to have really thick hair because I\u2019ve had two hair transplants. I wanted her to have a really wide nice smile and just look like a kind person. And we wanted her to be creative because we love the arts,\u201d the same-sex couple explained in a video posted to their TikTok account. <\/p>\n<p>The video was later reposted to Twitter by a user who compared the men\u2019s account of choosing an egg supplier to \u201cpicking out a dog in a pet store.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"tgOnpJbMlOWcHCi2wr54IERo1CFAxQVm4e9BVNFcXxuh6NA06sZkriPpmLdBtzGzdqUY1XR5Kk9lK7PEQTLI8aM3yj\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">these gay dudes talking about choosing a surrogate sound like they\u2019re picking out a dog in a pet store \ud83d\udc80 <\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m becoming RADICALIZED lmaoo <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3LUoFdsjhJ\">pic.twitter.com\/3LUoFdsjhJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Iced Caramel Pagliaccino \u2615\ufe0f (@Slatzism) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Slatzism\/status\/1550909812183121920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>As I\u2019ve documented in previous articles, reproductive technologies such as supplying eggs and sperm with no strings attached are <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/07\/25\/as-reproductive-technology-advances-remember-just-because-we-can-doesnt-mean-we-should\/\">morally problematic<\/a> because they sideline the natural right children have to a mother and father to accommodate the desires of adults. Processes such as in vitro fertilization and surrogacy may have started as a means to assist couples struggling with infertility but they\u2019ve morphed into a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/03\/26\/big-fertility-harms-babies-and-women-so-why-are-we-celebrating-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">multibillion-dollar industry<\/a> that lets anyone and everyone who can afford it pay to create embryos, most of which will likely later be abandoned or discarded.  <\/p>\n<h2>Choose Your Character<\/h2>\n<p>Among other issues, incentivizing the supply of gametes with money can lead to the normalization of deeming certain genetic traits and behaviors as favorable. <\/p>\n<p>Sound familiar? That\u2019s because that\u2019s the same kind of thought that governed the Nazi party of Germany and prompted Margaret Sanger to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/07\/22\/planned-parenthood-disavows-margaret-sanger-but-history-books-still-hide-the-eugenics-movement-she-championed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">found and operate abortion giant Planned Parenthood<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>If society endorses commissioning babies that look or act a certain way, what\u2019s stopping that same society from justifying killing off other kinds? Unfortunately, justifying abortions based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/lozierinstitute.org\/sex-selection-abortion-the-real-war-on-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">baby\u2019s sex<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/08\/09\/after-targeting-black-lives-for-decades-abortion-movement-smears-pro-life-women-as-racist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">race<\/a>, or assumption that the baby or mother\u2019s \u201cquality of life\u201d might not be worth giving birth is still all too common. <\/p>\n<p>In addition to having an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cryobank.com\/learning-center\/sperm-banking-101\/sperm-banking-history\/\">ethically gray history<\/a> plagued with breaches of scientific trust and method, the process of supplying sperm and eggs to a buyer requires dozens of physical and psychological screenings to determine eligibility. Those characteristics are then put on display for shoppers who are interested in creating a baby and want to pick and choose how it\u2019s done. <\/p>\n<p>Essentially anyone who wants to pay thousands of dollars for eggs and sperm to use in an IVF and possible surrogacy pregnancy can walk into a fertility clinic with a laundry list of physical features, health history, and behaviors they desire in a child and choose suppliers that they believe reflect those traits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing picked from a catalogue doesn\u2019t feel great,\u201d one egg supplier <a href=\"https:\/\/fashionmagazine.com\/wellness\/what-its-like-to-donate-your-eggs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">admitted<\/a> in an article for Fashion Magazine in 2020. \u201cAnd you have to deal with the \u2018designer baby\u2019 dilemma.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Designer babies are children whose features such as sex, eye color, and race are handpicked by the people that commissioned their existence. Even if the intention is to create a baby that looks like the intended parents, choosing certain physical traits in a child easily borders on eugenics.<\/p>\n<p>Handpicked breeding has long been under scrutiny for <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/03\/01\/both-sides-of-the-designer-baby-debate-are-missing-something-important-our-humanity\/\">multiple reasons<\/a>, but that hasn\u2019t stopped the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2016\/02\/26\/chrissy-teigen-should-think-twice-before-leading-designer-baby-brigade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">trend of choosing a child\u2019s sex<\/a> from becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/technology\/2009\/02\/screening-embryos-for-eye-hair-and-skin-color.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">normalized part<\/a> of the reproductive technologies scene. <\/p>\n<h2>Preying on the Vulnerable<\/h2>\n<p>Not only does monetizing gametes embolden the eugenics movement, but it also entraps young people who, as the egg supplier in Fashion Magazine put it, \u201cwouldn\u2019t have done this if I didn\u2019t need the money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/inside-lucrative-business-donating-human-eggs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wired article<\/a> in 2019 detailed how fertility centers seemingly target \u201cyoung cash-strapped women in college\u201d with \u201ctailor-made\u201d advertisements touting helping couples \u201ccomplete their family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt takes a special woman to consider helping someone in such a generous way. Your kindness is appreciated,\u201d one ad from A Perfect Match, an egg supply company, stated.<\/p>\n<p>What those ads don\u2019t describe, however, is the lack of data surrounding the effects of egg supplying, the physically and mentally strenuous screening processes suppliers must undergo, and pain that can include excessive bleeding, abdominal swelling, and discomfort, plus potential weight gain, nausea, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnyfertility.com\/ivf-egg-retrieval\/#:~:text=The%20major%20side%20effects%20of,egg%20retrieval%20surgery%20is%20constipation.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">infection<\/a>, and problems urinating, which young women can experience after exchanging their eggs for payment. In some cases, that pain can lead to hospitalization and, in <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/india-others\/egg-donors-death-internal-bleeding-ovaries-severely-enlarged-says-report\/#:~:text=An%20initial%20post%2Dmortem%20report,by%20AIIMS%2C%20and%20the%20viscera\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rare cases<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-399893\/Woman-dies-IVF-treatment.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">across the globe<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reliasmedia.com\/articles\/65837-legal-review-and-commentary-ob-gyn-patient-dies-after-egg-harvest-30-million-verdict-and-settlements\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">death<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s in addition to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/family\/archive\/2018\/07\/sperm-donations-emotional-consequences\/564587\/\">emotional toll<\/a>\u00a0both sperm and egg suppliers, especially those whose brains are not yet fully developed, could feel after realizing they will share their\u00a0DNA with a child they likely won\u2019t know or raise.  <\/p>\n<p>The sperm and egg supplier process encourages the intentional creation and destruction of embryos, predestines babies to be separated from at least one biological parent, and can reduce the men and women who exchange their gametes for currency to statistics on a piece of paper instead of the human beings they are. <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and co-producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire and Fox News. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. 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