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A Canadian 7-year-old, who can't have children because of a genetic condition, may one day give birth to her half-sister by using her mother's frozen eggs.
Melanie Boivin decided to donate her eggs because her daughter has Turner's syndrome, a condition in which one of the two X chromosomes normally found in females is incomplete. While her actions have raised some ethical questions, in her eyes, she's just a mother helping her daughter in need.
And according to the reproductive center that'll be storing the eggs for the next 20 to 25 years, "It's like donating a kidney to your own child."
But is it? I suppose, technically, there's nothing strange about this. It feels a little creepy, but really, the girl is simply carrying a child for someone else -- someone that happens to be her mother. Right?
At first this looks a little out of order -- biologically speaking -- but in practice, I doubt either the girl, or her child will have a child-rearing experience any different to that of a traditionally-conceived family.
It just seems weird.
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4-21-2007 @ 10:17AM
Lil Liberal said..."But is it? I suppose, technically, there's nothing strange about this. It feels a little creepy, but really, the girl is simply carrying a child for someone else -- someone that happens to be her mother. Right?"
Actually, she wouldn't be "carrying a child for someone else", she'd be giving birth to her own child. Much like anyone else who uses donor eggs.
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4-21-2007 @ 9:01PM
Uncle Roger said...Doens't seem all that different from what's been done before -- http://www.parentdish.com/2006/09/28/grandmother-gives-birth-to-her-grandson/
And, yeah, other than that the eggs she'll use are very similar, genetically, to the ones she'd produce herself if she could, there's nothing different than using anyone else's donated eggs.
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4-21-2007 @ 3:54PM
SKL said...I'm so impressed with the mom's kindness and forethought!
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