Monday, August 3, 2009

Ethics are ill-conceived

The main character of My Sister's Keeper was conceived by IVF and selected specifically as a genetic match for her dying sister. The ethical controversy arises from the reasons she was conceived, but the core of the story revolves around who has the right to choose whether or not the resulting person must donate - her or her parents. The savior child solicits a lawyer to try to achieve medical emancipation when her parents move past requiring tissue donation from her and decide a kidney should be taken. The mish-mash of emotional knots the family finds itself in are the complex consequences of conceiving a so-called savior baby. Courier Mail

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