What I am wondering about is the potential emotional harm to children of artificial insemination. Regardless of whether these children are born to single ladies or same-sex couples, does there exist a possibility that children will feel the repercussions of lacking a biological bond with both of their parents?
"I'm here to tell you that emotionally, many of us are not keeping up. We didn't ask to be born into this situation, with its limitations and confusion. It's hypocritical of parents and medical professionals to assume that biological roots won't matter to the "products" of the cryobanks' service, when the longing for a biological relationship is what brings customers to the banks in the first place."
I remember hearing about artificial insemination in the 1980s; actually I think the movie "Look Who's Talking" , the movie in which I first heard the term "artificial insemination", was still in theaters. I initially thought it would help a lot of people who were maybe trying to have kids but couldn't for one reason or another.
Well, the first "generation" of artificially inseminated children are now grown, most of them between the ages of 17-27 years old. How are these children doing? Well, I am wondering how noone thought in the 1980s when artificial insemination was still brand new that there might be a problem with some of the children? Adopted children sometimes have problems not knowing every thing about where they came from. How much harder could that problem become when you know your father is named "50679204-d"?
Some of these children are beginning to speak out. Here is an article written by one donor-born child of the 1980s: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/15/AR2006121501820.html
What do you think about this? Should something be done about the emotional welfare of donor-born children? Is there really anything we can do?
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I think that any child given the right amount of love and necessary provisions can grow up normally and happy. There is always the possibility that the "donor-born" may become concerned about their difference form other people, but that is the fault of society. There is nothing wrong with a woman who chooses to be unwed and be inseminated to have a child, being for the right reasons. People need to become more objective about things. If the woman is fit to be a mother and has good intentions, the child might even be better off than the children born of both biological parents.
Bah. The kid grew up without a father figure at all. If they had two parents there wouldn't have been a problem, probably. It seems like artificial insemination isn't the problem, but growing up without one or the other parent. The same problem happens whith any single mother, except maybe some pictures and stories the kid doesn't know their father.
Why are we giving artificial insemination to single mothers on foodstamps anyway? We wouldn't let her adopt a child, so why is artificial insemination ok? There should be similar restrictions. Not that single people should be barred, but they should be financially and emotionally stable.
Res ipsa loquitur.
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