Wesley J. Smith over at Secondhand Smoke is grousing that I took aim at his argument about banning egg donation of any kind, including paid donations of eggs for stem cell research. As he says in his blog post of August 4th, “my intent is to avoid exploitation of the weak by the powerful”, an outright ban on egg donation of any kind and for any reason certainly would prevent any women the potential of any kind of risk from donating eggs. However, it also ensures that there would be a dearth of eggs available for IVF and for scientific research, ignoring the needs of others who are “weak” and are in need in our society. It seems like an awfully high “price” to pay to ensure that no woman is ever seduced by the evils of the market.
Summer Johnson, PhD