How cna the fertility industry be running amok? Well, I think part of it is our culture of entitlement.
Boomers, who often, unwisely, delayed having kids until their late 30′s and 40′s, started using fertility doctors, to get that long-desired child. Some women, who despaired of ever meeting “Mr. Right” (whoever he is), decided to use in vitrio, to have a kid. This was hailed by feminists as female empowerment. Adoption in this country has become increasingly difficult, what with many single moms keeping their kids, and the disapproval of adoption as “child stealing” (???) Gays, especially Lesbian couples, used in vitrio, as a way of having children. In short, fertility treatments became popular with Boomers, which means they became accepted in the culture at large.
Unfortunately, this acceptance meant that questioning such a procedure meant that one was old-fashioned, intolerant or unsympathetic to parents “who just want to have a baby.” Add to this, the increasing desire for “designer” babies, and the idea (inaccurate) that genetics can accomplish anything including creating perfect human beings, doctors, fertility clinics and the like have become third partners with many moms and dads in creating life.
In short, it’s a great social mileu for some crazed, would-be Dr. Mengele to perform experiments on women, under the guise that he is doing a great service to humanity.
