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Can trying to get pregnant be considered unethical?
Is it unethical for a woman to spend a lot money on in vitro fertilization while there are many children that are need of adoption? And how about using a woman as a surrogate?
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As someone who has been in healthcare for over 23 years, I don't believe it is unethical at all. The problem with adoption is that many people are looking for newborns, rather than older children. Surrogacy can work, but there are times when it does not and the surrogate does not want to fulfill her contract and keeps the baby. What I do find unethical is people like the "octomom" and her doctor who inseminated her. I think the doctor should have his license revoked, and I can imagine down the line the gynecological problems she will have, if she doesn't already. I don't think her doctor had the right to inseminate her knowing her situation, and she definately wasn't of sound mind to even seek insemination in this case.I think her situation was way out of hand and unethical, along with any other cases like this where so many embryos are implanted at once.
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I am a nurse for over 23 years
I am a nurse for over 23 years
voted helpful: venusarms
I don't think that it is unethical at all. It is natural and human for a woman to wish to carry her own child to term. I think that this is a separate issue from the need for more children to be adopted.
Surrogates? A trickier problem.
Surrogates? A trickier problem.
Voted as best: dcanswerer
Right on Doc...
There is great wisdom behind that mustache.
Great wisdom... and a cheese sandwich. Yum!
That's a really personal question. Some people could say yes, it's unethical for the reasons you cited.
On the other hand, perhaps fertility is a problem in the family and she and her husband really want a child of their own blood. Or she really wants the experience of pregnancy, or of childbirth. Not everyone is able to be big-hearted enough to give that up if they have the resources to make it happen.
Any one decision I make can be looked upon as unethical by someone with the opposite values, and this would be one of them.
On the other hand, perhaps fertility is a problem in the family and she and her husband really want a child of their own blood. Or she really wants the experience of pregnancy, or of childbirth. Not everyone is able to be big-hearted enough to give that up if they have the resources to make it happen.
Any one decision I make can be looked upon as unethical by someone with the opposite values, and this would be one of them.
Voted as best: bbrookin
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