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"Mr President, each year hundreds of thousands of couples are sentenced to a childless life because the woman is unable to produce eggs. The situation can now be rectified through egg donation.
Two main ethical questions arise. Firstly, is it justifiable for the egg-donor woman to be subjected to the necessary medical preparation treatment, which is not entirely without risk? Secondly, is it justifiable for the woman to have this done and be compensated for it? A properly controlled and regulated system, under which healthy, consenting women, fully counselled and screened, donate their eggs, is both ethical and desirable. Such a system could function with an absolute minimum of acceptable risk to all involved. It could provide high-level medical service and much happiness for many couples, while at the same time ensuring much-needed financial assistance to young women, many of whom will use this help in order to care better for their existing families.
The principal concern is the risk of exploitation. The surest way to make this happen is, of course, to drive the egg-donation service underground. So let us not shy away from the realities of modern human needs. Let us not bury the opportunities that medical advances offer to our citizens. Let us not destroy the family dreams of thousands of loving couples and deny them the happiness of childbearing. Let us direct our efforts towards controlling and guiding, rather than suppressing, punishing, scaring …"@en1
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