Should there be any regulation of the fertility therapies available or should the status quo continue as the markets decide what people can or cannot do?
If the technology is there and one has the financial resources, as Professor of Sociology at City University of New York, Barbara Katz Rothman has said, “Any man with a checkbook can buy a baby.” Looking at Octumom, any woman with a checkbook can too! We believe that the lack of regulation is not in the public’s best interest, nor the best interest of the children created by this “everything conceivable– anything imaginable” mentality. Since professional organizations have resisted developing their own self- regulation, we are now seeing a state-by-state legislative strategy to try and bring some regulation to fertility practice in order to protect women and children. Sadly, fertility medicine is a global business and reproductive tourism is a reality. Now, more than ever, we need comprehensive international laws to protect women and children.
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