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Tag Archives: sperm donation
Biological Eugenic Colonialism
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC Our sense of entitlement — including not only to have a child, but the child we want — is driving us to ever greater extremes. The Daily Mail has a … Continue reading
Reproductive Anarchy Produces Anarchy in Reproduction
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC My wife ran a column today referencing a local (San Francisco area) story in which a volunteer sperm donor has biologically contributed to the conception of (soon) 18 children in … Continue reading
Austrian Law Banning Egg and Sperm Donation In a Single IVF Procedure Upheld
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC The European Union’s right to “family life” is being used for potentially pernicious purposes. For example, as we discussed several months ago, the European Court of Human Rights (UCHR) has … Continue reading
Posted in Egg Donors, eggs, eggsploitation, eugenics, IVF, sperm donation
Tagged egg donation, eggsploitation, eugenics, Europe, IVF, sperm donation
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The Sperm Donor’s Harem
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC In the old days, men at the top of some cultures would father scores of children from his many wives and harem concubines. I thought of the harem nursery when … Continue reading
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You Can’t Make This Stuff Up
By Matthew Eppinette, CBC New Media Manager Yesterday I stumbled across a post on a bicycling blog highlighting a European sperm bank’s Sperm Bike. It seems they wanted an environmentally-friendly way to transport sperm samples to various fertility clinics around … Continue reading
Sense of Entitlement: “Beautiful” Sperm and Eggs for Sale
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC This bit of Entiltement News is not a new phenomenon, but illustrates the eugenics core that lies at the heart of facilitated reproduction. A sperm/egg bank has opened offering gametes … Continue reading
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Single Embryo Transfer Works Better – New Study Says
Here’s a report on another couple of new studies which seem to just confirm the obvious stating this: “Implanting single embryos into the wombs of women seeking to boost fertility is more effective and less costly than placing two embryos … Continue reading
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Hidden Health Risks to Sperm (and Egg) Donor Kids
Here’s another story out in the London Daily Mail on anonymous sperm donation. This story raises the issue of the “hidden health risks” when you don’t know half of your biological history. Kathleen LaBounty, pictured here, is a young woman … Continue reading
Sperm Donor Kids Envious of Adopted Kids
This postcard sort of sums it up! Kathleen LaBounty, who I’ve written about before over here, has started her own blog aptly called “Child of a Stranger“. Check it out. We will be running an interview with Kathleen soon. Stay … Continue reading
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Tagged fatherhood, kathleen labounty, sperm donation
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Getting Lawyered Up
I’ve always said that it will take a good old class action lawsuit to make changes in the reproductive-medicine-gone-wild world. And that is just what has happened up in British Columbia. Oh Canada! Here’s the scoop. Olivia Pratten, a 26 … Continue reading
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