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PHILIDELPHIA (NBC) - A Philadelphia company's appeal for egg donors and surrogate mothers is raising eyebrows.
An e-mail from Surrogate Services International reads "In this economy and particularly around the holiday season one would think a local business would not have any trouble filling job openings."
It goes on to describe "well paid, part-time positions" as egg donors and pregnancy surrogates.
"I thought it was the most outrageous," says bioethicist Dr. Art Caplan. "What they are saying is that having a baby is the same as working at the perfume counter at Macy's or Bloomingdales for a part-time job. I don't know what planet these people are operating on but I don't think it is one that is distinguished by its ethics. These are major decisions and they shouldn't be treated in this trivial way"
"It is absolutely a job," responds Surrogate Services International president P.J. Henderson. "It's a job with real responsibilities. It is a job."
Dr. Jackie Gutmann is a reproductive endocrinologist not affiliated with Henderson's company.
In general, she says donors or surrogates must be young, healthy...
An e-mail from Surrogate Services International reads "In this economy and particularly around the holiday season one would think a local business would not have any trouble filling job openings."
It goes on to describe "well paid, part-time positions" as egg donors and pregnancy surrogates.
"I thought it was the most outrageous," says bioethicist Dr. Art Caplan. "What they are saying is that having a baby is the same as working at the perfume counter at Macy's or Bloomingdales for a part-time job. I don't know what planet these people are operating on but I don't think it is one that is distinguished by its ethics. These are major decisions and they shouldn't be treated in this trivial way"
"It is absolutely a job," responds Surrogate Services International president P.J. Henderson. "It's a job with real responsibilities. It is a job."
Dr. Jackie Gutmann is a reproductive endocrinologist not affiliated with Henderson's company.
In general, she says donors or surrogates must be young, healthy...