Meet the Other Phone. Child-safe in minutes.

Meet the Other Phone.
Child-safe in minutes.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

USA posters - can you help?

11 replies

FannyCann · 15/02/2021 21:38

A while ago, on one of the surrogacy threads a USA poster shared screenshots of surrogacy related advertising that came up when she logged on to Mumsnet.
Now I don't particularly blame Mumsnet for the adverts - they make their money from advertising and must take it where they can get it so long as it is legal.
What I want is to get an idea of what UK users can expect to see if the Law Commission proposals to do away with the current ban on advertising for surrogacy go ahead.

So if you log on and see adverts for surrogacy or egg selling donation, would you mind taking a screenshot and sharing please.
Also interested in adverts that might pop up on your other social media.

And actually you don't have to be from USA - it's just that in the UK we don't get these adverts so if you get them anywhere else in the world that you may be I'm interested to see.

Thanks so much.

OP posts:
Thread gallery
10
Delphinium20 · 15/02/2021 22:53

I can when I get to my computer...will post later.

FannyCann · 15/02/2021 23:44

Thanks @Delphinium20
I've a feeling it was you who posted previously.

OP posts:
Delphinium20 · 16/02/2021 00:21

These are all U.S. based. Some are from my high school DD (she's not 18) browsing sites like Pinterest. Some are from our combined browsing history that has been heavy for colleges. Some are directly from Facebook.

I am so angry that a teen girl interested in college would be bombarded by ads to 'help' and 'be kind to another woman' and give the 'gift of life'. While DD is not legally old enough to sell her eggs (yes, in the U.S. it is selling), I consider it grooming that these ads show up on her browser history which also includes Amnesty International, pink cut-off tank tops and eye shadow.

College is very expensive here and college students have been known to do crzy things for money.

USA posters - can you help?
USA posters - can you help?
USA posters - can you help?
Delphinium20 · 16/02/2021 00:26

More...these make it seem like an incentive to travel and shop.

USA posters - can you help?
USA posters - can you help?
USA posters - can you help?
Delphinium20 · 16/02/2021 00:36

and the everlasting conflation of empowerment, kindness and womanhood.

USA posters - can you help?
USA posters - can you help?
Delphinium20 · 16/02/2021 00:37

Race is also something that college women feel targeted by when advertised on college boards: cornellsun.com/2019/09/16/lee-stop-advertising-egg-donation-to-smart-asian-women/

Delphinium20 · 16/02/2021 00:40

And, while 3 years old, the answer to this question is yet to be answered...what are the long-term risks to women who donate their eggs?

www.nytimes.com/2017/07/10/well/live/are-there-long-term-risks-to-egg-donors.html?auth=login-email&login=email

FannyCann · 16/02/2021 06:46

Oh thanks so much Delphinium20

It absolutely is grooming. Awful that young women are getting these adverts from an early age. That sort of financial inducement is going to be so tempting.

In the UK payment is limited to £750 so I wouldn't think many women are doing it for the money but those adverts about travel....

I have no reason to think it is happening yet (obviously travel isn't an option just now anyway) but I can absolutely see a loophole of offering a nice trip to somewhere like Greece for egg harvesting and additional payment over there.

If the law Commission proposals for ahead we will see a lot more of this.

Though advertising for egg donation is currently allowed but as far as I know it's not widespread. But if the ban on surrogacy advertising is lifted, well the two go hand in hand so it will be open season I'm sure.

OP posts:
FannyCann · 16/02/2021 06:51

London egg bank already advertise. Always appealing to kindness etc.
Also, I have noticed that the adverts I have seen invariably suggest helping another woman to have a baby. But it's highly likely the customer will be a gay man. It's funny how these institutions are all inclusive etc but when it comes to advertising it's almost as if they think their target woman may be less keen to help a man have a baby than to help an infertile woman.

USA posters - can you help?
OP posts:
FannyCann · 16/02/2021 06:55

Just look at their twitter header!
You can empower other women!
EnvyAngryEnvy

USA posters - can you help?
OP posts:
HoneysuckIejasmine · 16/02/2021 06:56

Those are horrendous. Do these clinics offer fertility counselling to make sure donors understand the implications and risks?

New posts on this thread. Refresh page
Please create an account

To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.

This thread is closed and is no longer accepting replies. Click here to start a new thread.