“I plan to keep listening so I can hear out the full story but I would avoid if you’ve dealt with infertility trauma. While so far it seems like the goal is better screening of health data etc by clinics, the reality is that a lot of additional effort required by donors would mean fewer donors and fewer options for those struggling with infertility. The question is - how much information does a person inherently deserve about their biology? I don’t know the answer to that, but I don’t think it’s as cut and dry as the podcast makes it seem. I also worry this stigmatizes a lot of the choices people who deal with infertility already struggle to make.
Updated now that I’ve finished: I’m super interested in this topic but thought this was terribly done. Ep 8 in particular was egregious and fear mongering. “while we can’t say for sure the egg retrievals caused her cancer…” no. You can’t say that AT ALL. There was no credible evidence presented that one caused the other. Questions around the fertility industry, rights to privacy of donors vs information for the donor conceived, etc are fascinating questions to unpack and I hope someone else covers them in a more thoughtful way.”
KerrieD83 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/11/22