Thank You IVF, Friedman Family Edition
Several friends have advised me to tone down my book’s trenchant defense of assisted reproductive technology. Patri Friedman‘s just given me another reason to stand my ground:
We are delighted to announce the birth of Iselle Rose
Friedman early this morning, August 30th, 2010. She is a healthy baby
girl, weighing 5 pounds, 13 ounces (2.635 kilos), born by C-section at Sai Kiran Hospital in Hyderabad, India, after 38 weeks gestation.
If you’re asking yourself “Hyderabad?,” the natural explanation is that Iselle is the fruit of fertility tourism: An Indian surrogate carried the Friedman fetus to term. A baby enjoys the gift of life, her family is thrilled to have her, a surrogate earns vastly more than typical Indian wages, and the world gets another Friedman. We truly live in an age of miracles.
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