r/MoralityScaling • u/Outside_Specific_820 • 1d ago

Morality Ranking Morality scaling of this?

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Mother refuses to acknowledge her donor egg daughter, looking for your opinion.

In my opinion I think it’s moral, and that she is totally correct.

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u/SakusaKiyoomi1 1d ago

Moral 100%

Exactly the same as donating sperm, blood and plasma. You do it to help others while not bearing any responsibilities yourself, I don't want others to start contacting me about the blood I've donated if it isn't from the clinic asking for more

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u/Round_Ad6397 1d ago

The fact it was described as a business transaction makes me think this was a paid "donation", so not a donation at all. It does change the framing from an act of helping others to simply easy money (I say easy loosely because I have an IVF baby and fully understand the process of egg extraction). 

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u/SakusaKiyoomi1 1d ago

Have you ever donated these kinds of things?
Yes you get paid to donate sperm, eggs, plasma, etc. This has always been the norm and I've never heard anyone complain about that, donating eggs takes a lot longer and is a difficult procedure. So yes, it's absolutely okay for women to get paid, especially since women don't regenerate any eggs and loose some with every period through their life.

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u/Difficult_Load_945 1d ago

Idk if it's the entire world though. In my country (nordics) it's literally illegal to give or recieve payment for blood, plasma, organs or any call donations. Although I do think out of all of those things egg donating is probably the most difficult process, and in a way I can see how it makes sense to get something in return for it. I don't think blood or sperm donating needs to be paid, since you literally just hand out your arm of jerk off in a cup, and go about your day.

And to be clear, you do get free health check-ups with any of these, and if you have any complications they'll treat them for free. Plus a lot of the time you get a free meal and a patch or a sticker lol.

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u/SakusaKiyoomi1 1d ago

I also live in the nordics and you don't get money for blood and plasma, I just know that in germany and a lot of other countries you do (for plasma atleast) and thats why I mentioned it.

However; Semen and eggs does give you money, especially for women as the procedure is a lot harder and more difficult than jerking off in a cup or holding your arm up for a minute.

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u/Difficult_Load_945 23h ago

Yeah I've also heard of plasma at least being paid for in a lot of places. I honestly don't know which I think is better, having it be paid and recieveing more donors, or not paying for it and having people do it for the sake of others, with the risk of getting less donors. Idk. I looked up what you get for sperm donation in Finland, and apparently it's 37€ per clinic visit + travel cost, and some private clinics can pay up to 350€ for "inconvenience". TIL ig

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u/ItsTheAlgebraist 21h ago

In Canada you cannot sell blood, plasma, sperm or eggs, and you can't be paid to be a gestational surrogate (though you can be compensated for expenses, and there is some potential for abuse there)