How Do Sperm Banks Encourage Discrimination?

In this assignment, I will be describing how anti-discriminatory practice is promoted in health and social care settings. I will discuss difficulties that may arise when implementing anti-discriminatory practice in health and social care settings and justify ways of overcoming difficulties that may arise when implementing anti-discriminatory practice in health and social care settings.

There are strict penalties if the affirmative action plan is not followed. When an employer is under a court order to obey an affirmative action plan, the employer could be subject to hefty fines. If the plans are not followed

Non-Maleficence - This means when harm was caused by a treatment or intervention that shouldn’t outweigh the benefits of that treatment

Currently, in the State of Michigan, there is an additional 6% sales tax that is imposed on menstruation items like pads and tampons. Senate Bill 0091 which was reintroduced by Senator Rebekah Warren on February 1st, 2017 was created in response to Michigan’s gendered tax system. In summary, this bill along with SB 0092 would eliminate the current sales tax and use tax that classify feminine hygiene products as “optional” or as “luxury items.” This paper seeks to further examine how women are directly impacted by this reproductive justice issue by providing a micro-level assessment. Furthermore, an examination of how community agencies are affected by lack of access to feminine hygiene products will be explored in addition to a macro-level

Beneficence- This looks at the risks and costs, meaning the health care professional should act in a way that benefits the patient

I do believe that more women politicians would change the different views and struggles of reproductive rights. It may be hard for a man to understand how it feels to be a woman, a woman who is pregnant, or a woman who is pregnant and alone. If more women were in office I believe that they would be able to come with a different perspective when he came to these specific types of rights. Having fair reproductive rights do not affect everyone. A woman should be able to make the decision regarding her own body therefore, a man may not understand how or why a woman can come to their own personal decisions. Issues like this has been a deep divide by race, class, religion, and ethnicity. Today more than ever there are more feminist speaking up on

In reproductive technology, ethical decisions should focus on the good of the children, their individual parents, and families, and let us not forget the good health and common good of the larger society (Morrison, 2009). Exercising the principles of ethics can assist in finding common ground in NRT. Bioethical issues include the appropriate use of pre-implantation genetic diagnostic screening, use, storage and destruction of excess IVF embryos, and research involving embryos. “NRT research requires human participants, donors and donated embryos, oocytes and sperm” (Adelaide Centre for Bioethics and Culture, 2013). Ethics committees have detailed expected behaviors/regulations that are supposed to be followed if participating in this type of medical treatment. In fact, advisory groups and researchers have encouraged participants to disclose the fact of gamete donation to the offspring, and some clinics will aid in assisting future contact if all members agree. (American Society for Reproductive Medicine, 2014). As a minimum, donors, and recipients have an obligation to disclose non-identifying medical information. Should a medical issue arise in the future, all participants have a

Reproductive justice is the state of health and happiness of women and girls by “the full achievement and protection of their human rights” (Ross 1). This allows women to be able to do what they want to do with their own bodies. The Sister Song Collective argue that “reproductive justice has changed from choice to access.” To have a choice is being able to choose and make decisions, while access is what is being available to you and what you have the right to do. I agree with the Sister Song Collective and I also believe that if you do not have access to resources, you do not really have a choice on what you get to do.

"Thank god," Zach Henderson muttered beneath his breath when he walked through the doors of the clinic, barely able to believe he'd managed to successfully comply with the clinic's rigorous restrictions. Sure, he could have went to one of the three other sperm donation facilities on campus, but Zach's class schedule afforded him no time for a part-time job. Desperate for some cash he felt he had no choice but to go to the one that paid five times more than its competitors.

Anonymous sperm and egg donation is a serious topic. Some people think they should remain anonymous and some do not. A few reasons for becoming known donors are legal rights, medical reasons, and psychological problems. The parents and donor kids should know where the sperm or egg came from because it might affect their futures. Medical risks are a huge deal that everyone needs to be aware of, but especially those who are not sure where they came from. Donor children who do not know who their donor is or are looking for their biological parent, may grow up to have problems psychologically. Children have the right to know their biological background.

New technological advances will lead to more exorbitant fees, which will in turn cause a reduction in the amount and types of people that can afford these new procedures. Will future generations of natural births then be lorded over by a genetically enhanced master class? Will these future "perfect people" segregate themselves from the flawed human class of today? Will they be at an advantage in the society? Another moral and social problem that arises from this genetic donation is the loss of the ability to trace genetic lines. If a man gives a sperm sample about three times a week, and each donation is split up into three samples, he has the potential to father a dozen children in one week alone. If this matter is shipped all over the country between different sperm banks how can we keep up who is from what genetic descent? This can quite possibly lead to inner familial (in the genetic sense) marriages, causing many genetic defects in future generations. These new technological advances can actually hinder the human race.

The US Supreme Court cases that have formed the sexual harassment and retaliation policy although many on a few set the precedence for companies to enact policies and procedures on what behaviors are not appropriate, ways that employees can report such behavior, and the consequences of the said actions. Legal Incentives for Anti-discrimination Policies and Complaint Procedures Of the many ways the law incentivizes employer nondiscrimination policies, the most well-known apply to sexual harassment policies. In 1998, the Supreme Court incorporated the existence of employer policies into the legal framework for determining employer liability for sexual harassment. Although the Supreme Court decided in 1986 that such harassment violates Title VII

Many opponents of sperm donation also believe that donation should not be allowed to remain anonymous, citing that this causes negative effects on the resulting children in the long run (Christian Science Monitor); however I believe this should be entirely the donor’s choice. Many countries have already passed laws no longer allowing anonymous donation. According to the article “In Britain, a decline in sperm donors; Anonymous no longer, most say they want to help infertile couples, not just earn extra cash" by the Christian Science Monitor, this ban on anonymous sperm donation has vastly affected the number of donors, resulting in a shortage of sperm available for use. This action does not seem to be the most logical answer as it leaves many people wanting children without means by which they can do so. The effects on the donor conceived children could just as easily be reduced by other methods such as the creation of a national registry that includes more accessible data about their donor, such as medical issues the donor themselves may have and a more detailed family history of medical predispositions; something that many children including Kathleen LaBounty, a young woman with a

     “Donor” doesn’t quite describe a person being paid for giving something. Reimbursement is the key idea, but how can someone truly donate something with knowledge that he or someone that depends on him will benefit monetarily? A donor is someone who gives willingly without want of thanks or compensation, a volunteer. Donors, volunteers, are not “in it for the money.” A true donor donates his organ simply because it is saving a life, not because he wants himself or his family to get

This article describes how and why there has been an increase in demand even though there are ethical issues. The article states, “‘People want it. It’s legal,’ said Dr. Michael Feinman, medical director of HRC Fertility offices in Westlake Village and Encino. ‘In a competitive market, it’s obviously a way to acquire other patients’” (“Lab Methods”).