2012 conventions 2012 election 2013 session arts arts and culture author ballot measures basketball bomb books boy scouts budget bullying business charlie hales children clackamas climate change coal college courts crime culture culture club democrats drugs economy education environment family film fluoride food gay rights guns handguns health health care health insurance high school history housing immigration internet kitzhaber law legislature lgbt literary arts living marijuana marriage media medicine mental health military minor parties mohamed mohamud movies music native americans news newspaper obama olympics oregon our town parenting pers photography police politcs politics port portland portland business journal president prevention public safety religion republicans rnc romney rural salem sam adams sandy hook schools science shooting sports suicide supreme court taxes technology television terrorism theater third parties transportation union university of oregon washington wildfire women

It isn't that the law is treating men and women differently, like leira said, you are comparing two very different things.

As an egg donor myself, I know all about the contracts both parties have to sign before the donation takes place.  The egg donor's full identity is (usually) anonymous to the recipients and the donor is protected from any future child support or custody issues that may arise.  Almost all fertility centers that work with egg donors have a team of lawyers that carefully write contracts to ensure that egg donors will never be legally or monetarily responsible for any child that is born as a result of an egg donation.

If sperm donors work through a recognized fertility clinic that also has lawyers and valid contracts, instead of just "donating" sperm by having sex with someone, their rights should be protected just like egg donors. 

posted 2 years, 11 months ago
view in context

I am a repeat egg donor and am actually really concerned about the world's overpopulation as well. I actually debated not doing egg donations for that reason. However, I realized that asking people to give up their life's dream of giving birth and having a child in order to help the planet would be taking away their basic rights for "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness". Instead, I have decided to focus my efforts on volunteering as a educator with Planned Parenthood to teach about safer sex and birth control options to decrease the rate of unintended pregnancies (a much bigger problem for our planet than the small percentage of infertile people who are trying to have children through ED/IVF).
I am very much pro-adoption, but I believe that it isn't always best for certain people and that it is a very personal choice.  Many people who struggle with infertility would like their child to have at least the father's genes, which obviously isn't an option when a child is adopted.  Additionally, many women truly want to experience pregnancy and giving birth, and egg donation may be the only way for that to happen for them.

I do agree with you on caring for the people who are already on our planet though and think that people who do not deeply want to care for a family and who cannot provide resources should not have children simply because it is the "social norm" to do so at a certain age. I think educating people all over the globe is the answer here, not limiting someone's right to choose an 'untraditional" method of having a chid.

posted 2 years, 11 months ago
view in context