Adoption and Egg Donation in the USA Culture

As a child I had a book called "Where Did I Come From?" It offered a full biological explanation, in cartoons, to answer those awkward questions that curious tots ask. But the book is now out of date. Replacing it is, for example, Mommy, Did I Grow in Your Tummy?: Where Some Babies Come From, which explains the myriad ways that children of the twenty-first century may have entered their families, including egg donation, surrogacy, in vitro fertilization, and adoption.

So many questions can be imposed about this story and most of these questions will directly be related to the medical science. But the main issue in the article is related to 21^st century's parental ethics or the ambition to have a child. The infertile couples in America seek the option of egg donors (the woman who are not willing to give birth to the children themselves rather they (couples) are selling the eggs) in order to give birth to a child. And it is very pathetic for the new born also and questionable because the question arises that who he or she is. Simply the act of egg donation creates a problem of parental identity. The problem of "Where did I come from?" can sabotage the whole ethical system in society. Jessica has expressed these views in implied meanings in the article with power language expressions. The other problems associated with medical science dilemma are directly associated with financial and social issues. So a sense of pathos is there that in the presence of such a beneficial technology people are rather under the shadow of problems instead of getting a full benefit of the technology and they are mentally disturbed and this mental state is also the cause of distortion of the manners in a society. The ultimate terminology of egg donation is not legal and ethical and its fruits would also be bitter in near future. Cohen writes in a more beautiful way with some pun that how the people or couples are going to cash their race.

Jessica's criticism is evident about the behavior or attitude of American people that the manners of the people are not good or simply the American people are ill mannered and they have to use an awkward language tone like "Ho-Hum". In article same is the case with Michelle and David that they don't show the real courtesy and they are also not showing manners so their proposed genetic child in their custody would also suffer with different mental problems. The reasons of mental problems or disappointments for the child will be due to the manners of the Michelle and David which they are showing rather the child is enjoying each and every facility of the 21^st century. At the end of the article the closing lines are very pathetic and piercing when the author writes about their proposed genetic child when he or she will ask who I am and the David's answer would be:

So the rudeness in the behavior of the adopted or proposed genetic child would also be evident that he or she would also talk parental tone. And here the phrase "Ho-Hum" is used in an efficient way to show the morality exchange and insult of David. The use of the language fits best in the article by Jessica because for a moment if don't consider the issue of egg donation and see David as a modern data entry operator who is busy in getting the personal information of females and even he is busy in making an album of the pictures of young college girls. So his manners are of less value than the moral aspect and his reply to one of egg donor is very astonishing in this regard:

Then what would be the answer of David at the moment and his answer would be more abominable for him that he had utilized too much time in getting data or information and pictures of young college girls in order to give birth to you. David is the main character of the story and is a true representative of the whole American society. So David and society are suffering a lot due to the advances in the biological sciences and decline of David is decline of society.

The whole article is delineating the picture of the near future of American society that there would be a nation which would be in the dilemma of who I am. Actually Cohen has beautifully described the problems associated with egg donation and its ultimate effects on American society that how such science advances would be the cause of sabotage of the whole social set up. Jessica's article is a eye awakening artistic piece that it is essential to think about the havoc of such acts of medical science and there is the need to provide a remedy to such problems. Jessica has written this writing piece as a savior of mankind. She is delineating the matters which are against the nature and true picture of the decline of social set up.