In response to Brandon's post "Surrogate Motherhood" (March 25, 2012):
I agree with the idea that clients of surrogate mothers should not be aware of the physical characteristics of the mother who will be having their child. However, I think that this should not be peculiar to surrogate motherhood - the industry enabling artificial insemination should adopt a similar policy. Currently, there are websites for artificial insemination services which list the height, ethnicity, and other physical details of the men who donated the material which would be available to whoever wishes to make use of the service. For the same reason that I think surrogate mothers should not provide details of their physical characteristics, I think that sperm donors should not provide their physical details - that is to say, it would help ensure that the parents want a child, no matter who that child turns out to be, rather than a person who they can fit into a certain preconceived mould.
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