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I realize that banning compensation would reduce the "donor" pool, as it should. This would ideally result in more adoptions and less shopping for remote parents.

As for anonymity, children conceived through gamete donation should have the right to learn their biological background, just as adopted kids do. If donors want nothing to do with the offspring they beget, then they should not procreate.

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My wife and I have two adopted sons. We tried conceiving by artificial insemination using my own sperm but were unsuccessful. We had no interest in using either third party gametes or IVF. I don't believe that children should be deliberately conceived with a biological parent that will not raise them, nor do I believe in creating "spare" human embryos to be stored indefinitely in a laboratory deep freeze. I'm appalled at the depravity of our culture that treats children as commodities and at the narcissism exhibited by the compulsion to produce biological offspring by any means available, particularly with so many children already in need of loving adoptive homes.

I think reasonable regulation of the fertility industry is badly needed. For starters, we should implement two sensible restrictions that are common in other countries: ban payment to so-called "donors" of sperm and eggs, and end the practice of granting them anonymity.

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