Big money offered for human eggs

[PeteC]

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Many things that could be discussed concerning this article, but my first reaction is that louk krung kids are becoming popular everywhere! Second reaction is women, please don't send a future child off to that country. Pete

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2011/09 ... 66125.html

[margaretcarnes]

Jeeez just my luck - missed out on 2 counts there...

[pharvey]

1,000,000 Baht ''Reward''....... Hotmail account .... hmmmmmm

[margaretcarnes]

1,000,000 Baht ''Reward''....... Hotmail account .... hmmmmmm

Well spotted harve - mind you if anyone is daft enough to undergo an invasive procedure like that without money up front they deserve to get conned IMO. I mean we don't just lay them do we?


(Sorry Pete - don't think you're getting quite the moral issues response you were expecting here?)

[PeteC]

.....(Sorry Pete - don't think you're getting quite the moral issues response you were expecting here?)

No problems Mags, I'm up for an omelette this morning anyway. Pete

[VincentD]

Louk krung kids, Pete? Invasion of the body (parts) snatchers more likely. Don't fancy waking up in a bathtub full of ice and a note telling you to call the nearest hospital as one of your kidneys is missing...

[Takiap]

Not sure about the hotmail account thingy. Many people, myself included, use gmail/hotmail and etc rather than mess about with other accounts.

About the eggs.........considering there are many extremely rich Chinese businessmen, it could very well be a legitimate offer. After all, a million baht is not really that much money. A mate of mine and his wife have been trying to have a child for several years already, and to date they've spent more than a million baht on IVF services in Thailand. After the last attempt, which failed, the clinic (the top one in Thailand) said they cannot agree to try again due to concerns regarding the woman's health, and also their own reputation. They have now suggested that some of the remaining eggs be implanted in a surrogate mother. The surrogate mother must be under the age of 25, and preferably have at least one kid of their own. The surrogate mother also has to be paid roughly 200,000 baht and be fully taken care of throughout the pregnancy.

They've tried this once already, but it never worked so they were spared the 200k expense. Now my mate and his wife only have seven eggs left in the egg bank, and if those don't work, their only option will be to use another woman's eggs and fertilize them with my mate's sperm. In other words, if it goes that far, my mate and his wife will basically be doing as is being done in the article this thread refers to, apart from the fact that the eggs won't need to be removed, or at least I don't think so.


Thailand says money cannot change hands, but money does change hands, and personally I can't see anything wrong with rewarding the surrogate parent. After all, she is going to have to carry the child for nine months, and then face the emotional hardship of handing that child over.


Now all we need is some rich Chinese business woman seeking male donors...... I bet her email inbox would be overflowing....lol.

[margaretcarnes]

Not sure about the hotmail account thingy. Many people, myself included, use gmail/hotmail and etc rather than mess about with other accounts.

About the eggs.........considering there are many extremely rich Chinese businessmen, it could very well be a legitimate offer. After all, a million baht is not really that much money. A mate of mine and his wife have been trying to have a child for several years already, and to date they've spent more than a million baht on IVF services in Thailand. After the last attempt, which failed, the clinic (the top one in Thailand) said they cannot agree to try again due to concerns regarding the woman's health, and also their own reputation. They have now suggested that some of the remaining eggs be implanted in a surrogate mother. The surrogate mother must be under the age of 25, and preferably have at least one kid of their own. The surrogate mother also has to be paid roughly 200,000 baht and be fully taken care of throughout the pregnancy.

They've tried this once already, but it never worked so they were spared the 200k expense. Now my mate and his wife only have seven eggs left in the egg bank, and if those don't work, their only option will be to use another woman's eggs and fertilize them with my mate's sperm. In other words, if it goes that far, my mate and his wife will basically be doing as is being done in the article this thread refers to, apart from the fact that the eggs won't need to be removed, or at least I don't think so.


Thailand says money cannot change hands, but money does change hands, and personally I can't see anything wrong with rewarding the surrogate parent. After all, she is going to have to carry the child for nine months, and then face the emotional hardship of handing that child over.


Now all we need is some rich Chinese business woman seeking male donors...... I bet her email inbox would be overflowing....lol.

Sensible thoughts IMO Takiap. And Thailand is by no means the only country where money changes hands for things like surrogacy and donors. Far from it in fact.
If there is a moral issue here perhaps we should be looking at the motivation behind the ad (assuming it is genuine) and asking ourselves why Thais/Asians feel the need to breed more Leuk Kroong, and what is so wrong within their own society to drive the need?
We know that Thais see fair skin as high class. We know they are influenced more and more by movie stars and models. But why? Are they really so insecure? Or is it just a step on from breeding fashionable dogs?
It's a tricky one. Either we come down on the side of the giant melting pot ideal (which surely isn't what motivates Thais) or we are branded as racists.