Guest guest Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 Hello, I do think this is a very interesting topic. It's certainly debatable what is right and what is wrong. I'm not really sure there is an answer here that is a good one. On one hand, I think parents receiving a donation should have an equal chance as anyone at having a child with a disability or dwarfism. On the other hand, people with dwarfism and disabilities are higher risk health wise. I'm not really sure how it works now. Do people get to pick out the race of the donor? Do they get to pick out the gender of their future child? What if an LP couple wanted to have a kid that was an LP? Could they choose that? The future of genetic engineering is pretty scary. Look how many growth hormone deficient people were around 50-70 years ago and look how many kids with that we see at our conferences now. Barely any (that I know of). To push science even farther, what about cloning? Even if there are rules and regulations regarding cloning in the U.S., who's to say some other country wouldn't allow it if someone wanted it or was willing to pay enough money for it. -Casey On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 8:07 AM, e <EJ_smint@...> wrote: > ** > > > Hello. I'm working on a possible idea for a company and wanted to gauge > interest among individuals of short stature. As far as I can tell all > companies that provide reproductive services (egg/sperm donation, IVF and > surrogacy) have strict donor standards which would exclude anyone with > genetic conditions, such as dwarfism from making an anonymous donation. I > think that it's wrong of anyone to pass judgements in this manner about a > persons genetics. > > I believe these agencies will work with individuals who have privately > arranged a donation, and I'm considering starting a company which > facilitates such arrangements. I'd certainly encourage individuals to > consider adoption prior to seeking reproductive treatments. I know this > might be a controversial topic, so I wanted to get some opinions and see if > anyone would consider becoming a donor if such a service existed. Also, if > you know of any facilities that accept donations from people of short > stature, please let me know. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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