The exorbitant prices offered by wealthy couples create a business transaction rather than a medical one. While women have the right to make any decision regarding their bodies, the inherent financial incentive for egg donors amounts to exploitation. In the United States alone, there are 450,000 children in foster care, but only 4 percent of American families have adopted a child, according to the National Council for Adoption. Adoption is the best solution for anybody wanting a child. I live by the belief that just because we can do something doesn't mean we should do it.
Every couple has the right to raise a child.
The joy of parenting is something I look forward to in the distant future. Yet if infertility ever becomes an issue, I would never consider assisted reproductive technology. The ethical, physical and psychological implications are too great to mess with Mother Nature. Some experts say that what Dr. Neils Lauersen is accused of doing is a common, unspoken practice among many doctors. What makes the case extraordinary is that Lauersen has been charged by prosecutors with fraud.