<p>^LOL, i thought of both of those episodes, too :] <3 that show 
poor grace wanting that back-up sperm, lmao. & jack’s life got totally interrupted…but that was good for him, because it’s not like he had kids of his own : P</p>
<p>Adoption, you would have to carry the baby then… that’s a completely different story. Some people wanna FEEL like they’re having there own kids (instead of adopting)…
@ Alix</p>
<p>and a lot of babies are adopted anyway, it’s the older ones that are more so in the homes now, but everyone wants babies</p>
<p>for girls with high SAT scores or girls currently going to an Ivy League school with no health or allergy conditions, who have nice eyes (and are probably blonde and tall in many cases) the asking price is $70,000 average PER EGG, not $5000. not kidding.</p>
<p>^^^ Honestly, Im not too surprised by what I just read.</p>
<p>We might as well just genetically alter our DNA to have the “ideal” children…</p>
<p>DANG, I’m just an avg guy, how are my off spring supposed to make it in the world? Do I have children that are “inferior” and beta in nature? Or do I pay lots of money to genetically alter egg and sperm so I have an alpha kid?</p>
<p>This brings up the question of ethics–selling eggs, but you can’t do the same for organs doesn’t make much sense to me.</p>
<p>I would but then I would wonder about the kid in the future because they’re technically mine. If I was in a situation where I wasn’t able to have kids I would just adopt though.</p>
<p>I’d feel like I was giving away one of my children, I wouldn’t do it.</p>
<p>I’m definitely against it, but $70k would make me think about it. Fortunately (or unfortunately?) I’m a man so that won’t being an issue seeing as sperm is cheap and abundant.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t do it because as others said, the children would technically be half me. I’m also not a fan of adoptions where the child does not get to know their birth parents or at least their family history. My father was adopted and it would be nice to know my blood relatives or at least what type of cancer I might end up getting.</p>
<p>I would have no problem donating an egg. </p>
<p>Would it technically have my DNA? Yes. Would it be my kid? Absolutely not. I wasn’t there when it was made, I didn’t carry it, I wasn’t there when it was born. I am not a huge stickler for blood. Blood is NOT what makes a family. </p>
<p>The money is good and it cuts off only a short time of my fertility- but I’m not going to be having kids in my 40s anyway. </p>
<p>Would I rather people adopt? Yes. Do I know that if I don’t give them my egg there just going to get someone else’s? Yes. I’m a realist.</p>
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On FaceBook I’ve clicked adds for “egg donor” several times. I generally fit the description: Caucasian, dark golden blonde hair, green eyes, average height, slim, I had a high SAT and am probably headed to Med or Grad school - sometimes my boobs are too small (they ask for C cups) or they want very tall women (like 5’9" or taller) so that counts me out. I’m 19 with no health problems - my eggs are worth it, baby ;)</p>
<p>Would I do it? Nah, because I’d have a biological child out there that I “sold” for money, made with some random guy I haven’t even met! And I wonder how the parents explain this to the kid years later…</p>
<p>“Well, little Betsy, we wanted to create the perfect kid, see? We paid $70k for your mommy’s high IQ and big boobies. So you had DAMN WELL better get into Princeton, or at least Dartmouth, or else we’re selling you on the internet where we bought you!”</p>
<p>GATTACA.</p>
<p>and stuff.</p>
<p>See the funny thing is, it’s very likely the kid will be nothing like the mother. I mean, look at siblings and how different they are from each other. My sister almost completely fits the description of what they want (lacking the C cup), but I’m shorter, higher end of normal rather than skinny, not blonde…and don’t have a great body type. (Curves: I have them not. Also broad shoulders.) And yet, using either of our eggs you’d be getting pretty similar genetic material. I could end up with a kid that looks like her, and she could end up with a kid that looks like me. And there’s even random chance. Everyone asks my friend and I if we’re twins. We’re not even of that similar background. (She’s half Persian half white…and I am all white.) Intelligence isn’t very strongly heritable either. So basically, it’s a scam. (Which I guess is good for all beautiful, intelligent women out there…) If people are stupid enough to spend the money…their problem.</p>
<p>^ Exactly Emerlus! The woman I described who was asked to donate is a science phd student so she thought it was hilarious as well. </p>
<p>I guess they justify it this way: you definitely want to guarantee the donor doesn’t have any history of diseases or a medical condition the kid could inherit. And kids aren’t exactly carbon copies of their parents, but if the woman is very tall and slim, chances are the kid will be above average height and not fat, if the woman is beautiful, chances are the kid at least won’t be ugly, if the egg/sperm donor both have blue eyes, the kid will likely have them too, etc…</p>
<p>An egg will have fifty percent of mom’s genes. Siblings share on average fifty percent of their DNA. And IQ has been linked to heredity.</p>
<p>However, you still have to raise the resulting embryo. And that makes a huge difference in whether it reaches its potential.</p>
<p>I’d donate my sperm, although it would be a bit cocky to assume that someone would actually want my DNA…</p>