I know, I don’t have ovaries. But women do, and their eggs are becoming valuable commodities for biotechnological research. Obtaining eggs, however can be an onerous, even dangerous process. Indeed, two women have died in the UK donating eggs in the last year. And if cloning takes off, millions of eggs could be needed, potentially endangering the lives and health of women, particularly poor women who could be paid a pittance to go through egg harvesting, which could leave them sterile, with ovaries the size of a grapefruit, or even, dead.
That is why pro choice and pro life feminists are joining together to demand a moratorium on obtaining human eggs for use in biotechnological research. (The moratorium would not impact fertility treatments.) Their rallying cry: Hands Off Our Ovaries!
This is a very worthwhile endeavor and protecting women’s health has brought together women who disagree about other issues, such as abortion. The WEB site of Hands Off Our Ovaries is to be found here.
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