Philosophies, as well as Actions, Have Consequences*
D. Joy Riley, M.D., M.A.
Executive Director
29 February 2012
It was Horace Mann who said, “Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it every day, and at last we cannot break it.” If that habit is of thought, it becomes a philosophy. Whether that habit is of thought or action, there are attendant consequences. Let’s consider children in this light.
Whether one thinks that babies are commodities, “not yet persons,” or a heritage, those philosophies have consequences. Recently, Theresa Erickson came face-to-face with the consequences of viewing babies as commodities (wire tap recordings). Ms. Erickson, the author of ...read more
The Baby Chase — hudsonreporter.com
By Lana Rose Diaz
http://hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/17396256/article-THE-BABY-CHASE-An-ongoing-series-Putting-baby-making-on-hold-for-later-In-Hoboken-and-beyond–women-are-freezing-their-eggs-?instance=lead_story_left_column
Long-term Trends in Fertility Treatment — Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority
http://www.hfea.gov.uk/fertility-treatment-trends.html
FSBO (For Sale By Others) Babies
D. Joy Riley, M.D., M.A.
Executive Director
As the airline steward offered newspapers to passengers, the front page story about child-snatching and selling in China caught my eye (International Herald Tribune, 5 August 2011). In at least one mountainous region of China, parents have not been assured of keeping the children they birth. The Ministry of Public Security recently announced that 89 children had been rescued from child traffickers, but it is the local government that the populace of Longhui County fears. In that county, family planning officials reportedly seized at ...read more
THIRTY embryos created for every baby born by IVF . . . and thousands are thrown away — Daily Mail Online
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2017821/THIRTY-embryos-created-baby-born-IVF–thousands-thrown-away.html
Underpaid Ovaries — The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18586864?story_id=18586864&fsrc=rss
