Recently I wrote about the results of sperm donors and the dangers of secrecy. Now in The New York Times there's an op-ed by a woman who was adopted and suddenly needed family medical records. This can also happen to someone conceived as the result of donor sperm.
Many sperm donors are young college students, earning a living by... medically encouraged and financially supported masturbation. That sure doesn't sound very proper, but that's what it is. Now how many young men of that age really know enough about their family medical history to accurately fill out such a crucial form?
Can you just imagine a call to Grandma, trying to explain why you're asking such questions?
But the bottom line of all this is that there must be a way to contact birth mothers and donor fathers and also give them a way to update medical records long after the "act."
2 comments:
I'm afraid it goes even further than sperm donors. I used to teach Preschool SPECIAL EDUCATION. There was a mother of a student in my class (the little boy had autism) and she was making some big money (like a couple K ea. time) to DONATE HER EGGS.
Now tell me that these people KNEW she had a child with autism??? I think NOT! Not alot of checking going on for the donors, huh?
scary.
enjoying your blog, susie
Thanks, Susie,
There are so many unknowns due to modern medicine. It's really frightening.
Your example is a good one.
Post a Comment