Involuntary & Voluntary Childlessness

Voluntary Childlessness Create a T chart- pros and cons of having kids Discuss with people at your table, why you do or don’t want to have kids

Voluntary Childlessness Voluntary Childlessness- People who choose not to have kids

What do you think of this quote? “ Children are the cloth of the body. Without Children, you are naked.”

Could it be… That a man’s wealth is measured, in part, by the number of children he has? Or that a woman’s value to her husband is determined by her ability to bear children? Do you agree that to some, marriage without children is seen as incomplete?

Involuntary Childlessness Involuntary Childlessness- Couple or individual who wants to have children and cannot This state is generally the result of one of two factors: 1. No partner 2. 40-50% of infertility due to physical problems

Option 1- Fertility Drugs Drugs release hormones that induce ovulation to boost egg production and make uterus more receptive to embryo implantation 40-45% success rate with women who ovulate As cheap as $60 a cycle Can result in a “litter”

Option 2- Artificial Insemination Specially “washed” sperm is inserted directly into uterus- often done in conjunction with drugs Best for low sperm count and women with acidic vaginas Easy to do, in doctors office 15-20% success rate Under $1000 Lets check out a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR_2b5b0h1E (6:00) ‘Modern methods of fertility treatment’

Option 3- Get some different sperm Dads sperm is infertile so pay $300-$400 and get someone else’s Estimated 15% get pregnant in one cycle, 80% after 6 cycles Article- ‘Fathers Day- Two non-traditional dads, two different paths Then Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIL3eaiOjDY (9:27) ‘Finding Free Sperm Donors Online’ Then article ‘Why this sperm donor is being ordered to pay child support’

Option 4- In Vitro Fertilization Take eggs out, fertilize in a lab, embryo develops, plant back inside uterus Good for women with endometriosis 41% (under 35), 32% (35-37), 23% (38-40) $8000 per cycle + drug costs

Option 5- Egg Donation Older couple gets young egg, fertilized with male sperm, implanted in old uterus $15000-$30000 Would you donate your eggs? Would you sell them? Article- ‘Competing Perspectives’ pg. 194-95 Brainstorm in groups: -Should you be able to sell your eggs & sperm? -Brainstorm a few reasons why/why not…

Option 6- Surrogacy Borrow a womb! Couples fertilized egg implanted OR your egg gets inseminated $50000- $100000 Article- ‘Surrogacy in Canada Online’

There are some more methods, but you get the idea… Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (best sperm injected into egg directly then IVF) Donor Embryos- Couples who got pregnant through IVF 7 don’t need their extra eggs Reproductive surgery- remove scaring

Adoption Article- ‘What is Open Adoption’

Retrieved 16 Nov 2014 from http://www. children. gov. on

International Adoption Video- CBC news in review- November 2009- ‘Adoption, looking for a baby abroad’