Beyond 37-39; Lifelines 16-17; Presentations Claire, Kirolos, Pierce...
1. How do global and local inequalities relate to reproductive tourism?
2. What intentional act contributes to making surrogacy especially controversial?
3. Name an equality concern arising from reproductive tourism.
4. What's problematic about the goal of racial family matching "in a commercial context"?
5. Oprah portrayed surrogacy as what?
6. What was PlanetHospital's rationale for only accepting surrogates who already have children of their own?
7. An Indian makes how many multiples of her annual salary by being a surrogate?
8. Why does PH say all surrogate births must be by cesarean delivery?
9. Why didn't most donor-conceived children ever ask questions?
10. Parents who disclosed their children's donor status regarded what as essential to the child-parent relationship?
1. Dr. Wen, no longer constrained by the need to mollify Planned Parenthood stakeholders, was to do what with her "true voice"?
2. A Tennessee hospital administrator was filmed saying what about masks?
3. What was the hypocrisy of lawmakers advocating a quick reopening?
4. What Trumpian misinformation led to the death of a man in Phoenix?
5. Erosion of confidence in what institution could Dr. Wen never have imagined?
6. The site of what gave Dr. Wen a knot in her stomach?
7. How did Dr. Wen's message change in response to quarantine fatigue"
DQ
- Is there an analogy, in terms of ethical involvement, between reproductive tourism and prostitution? (That is, are the patrons and solicitors in each instance equally culpable? Are suppliers and demanders equally involved?)
- Is the separation of biological and social maternity inherently problematic? Is there any parallel to the separation of mothers from their children for geopolitical reasons (as in the recent border-crossing detentions at the U.S./Mexico border)?
- What, if any, ethically-relevant similarities are there between medical and reproductive tourism?
- Is the threat and reality of exploitation in reproductive tourism grounds for regulation?
- Is it misleading to say that women who provide eggs and bear children for others are "free agents" in the marketplace? 345
- What in general is ethically problematic about the goal of racial family matching?
- What's "uncomfortable" about the idea of women's bodies becoming "part of a formal economy"?
- Is the PlanetHospital model of accelerated results ethically problematic?
- COMMENT on the policy of cesarean delivery for all surrogates.
- When would you reveal your child's status as donor-conceived to him/her?
1) Dr. Wen, no longer constrained by the need to mollify Planned Parenthood stakeholders, was to do what with her "true voice"?
ReplyDeletea) To be an advocate for the patients, through the lens of medicine and science.
2) A Tennessee hospital administrator was filmed saying what about masks?
ReplyDeletea) Hospital workers who were out masks could wear diapers as masks.
4) What Trumpian misinformation led to the death of a man in Phoenix?
ReplyDeletea) Trump enthusiastically praised the virtues of hydroxychloroquine in efforts to combat the virus. So a man in Phoenix believed him and ingested chlorine that was used in aquariums.
5. Oprah portrayed surrogacy as what?
ReplyDeleteA glowing example of "women helping women."
6. What was PlanetHospital's rationale for only accepting surrogates who already have children of their own?
ReplyDeleteThe literature notes that this ensures the surrogate "does not bond with your baby."
7. An Indian makes how many multiples of her annual salary by being a surrogate?
ReplyDeleteAn Indian makes 12x her annual salary by being a surrogate.