Well, we started with cats and we’ve quickly moved to humans. Having babies to be donors for siblings is unfair to the child being born. S/he is being used as a commodity. This is ethically wrong. Only when the child is old enough to make his/her own decisions can we take the organ/needed part for a donation. It is sad to me that we would not recognize children as gifts from God with their own individual needs, thoughts, and feelings. Children are not replacements for other children or useful items to exploit.
There is pain and suffering and I am sorry for that. However, another child is not the answer. S/he is then created for the sole purpose of “saving” his/her sibling. That’s a lot of responsibility. Especially if it doesn’t work.
(This short summary is based on longer works – a systematic theology paper and an ethics paper. )
Posted by Heather Voss at May 6, 2004 05:55 PM