Interesting dilemma on the telly today...
Imagine this..
A woman has cancer and to make sure she doesn't get killed by it she needs to have her ovaries removed. The thought of never having a baby is something she can not deal with so she and her partner decide to freeze some embryos.
Now... the couple has split up and she is fighting in all courts available to be able to use them to get a baby but he doesn't want to have a baby with her anymore.
Phew!
Strangely enough I was in favour of the dad... I can imagine he does not want to have a child with someone he does not want to have any ties with. Being a divorced parent and seeing other divorced parents I can so empathise with that, it is the hardest thing in the world. If she would get their child, even if she promises to take all responsibilities from him, he would still know a child was put in the world with all emotional consequences that go with that.
John however immediately said 'well who cares, let her have the baby, why make such a fuss'.
That made me wonder.. is it a 'man/woman' view?
Do women zoom in on the emotional side of this and men on the practical?
What do you think?
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Excuse the technical view ... but why freeze fertilised eggs rather than simply harvested ones?
Other than that I am with you, I would not want to have a child of mine on this world without my permission, would still feel responsible for it, no matter if I had a legal obligation to care for it or not!
Good point Houston, no idea why they did embryos and not eggs.. I guess at the time they were sure to stay together happily ever after. Bless..:)
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