Now here is the question of the day! One that goes hand in hand with should surrogacy be regulated? Should egg donation be regulated? Should embryo donation have regulations? These are some of the issues that the newly formed Egg Donation and Surrogacy Professional Association (EDSPA.org) hope to discuss in its future. However, before any of this happens, through state or federal government agencies, perhaps we can try some self-regulation? The link above will bring you to a four page news article by ABC News. 'Should IVF Be Regulated? With Multiples More Apt to Have Medical Problems, Doctors Face Ethical Dilemma'. This is not new news! I do find it interesting that this article starts out with Jon and Kate Gosselin and their larger then life TV family because they didn't use IVF! They went through IUI, Intrauterine Inseminations, to conceive their family, which, by the way, is cheaper and easier then IVF. Now here is a statistic for you: "According to the CDC, multiple births have increased greatly in the last 20 years, thanks to fertility drugs. In 2005, 68 sets of quintuplets or more were born, compared with 13 in 1990." No surprise there! I was standing in the line to register at the ASRM meeting earlier this month continuing a conversation with an older doctor about my experiences as a gestational carrier, giving birth twice to twins. A much younger doctor snorted when he heard that 3 embryos were transferred each time. He stated that it was just ridiculous to transfer that many embryos..however the older gentleman then asked the 'right' question; how old was I when the transfers took place? The answer? 36 and 40. ahhhhhhhhh! Well, that's the reason, then, for the decision. My point here is that all factors need to be taken into consideration including age and embryo quality. So if there is any 'government regulation' someone had better be very flexible in the guidelines and make sure that each situation can be evaluated on a case by case basis.
Sharon
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