{"id":2463,"date":"2011-07-08T15:55:04","date_gmt":"2011-07-08T15:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.againstchildtrafficking.org\/?p=2463"},"modified":"2011-07-08T15:55:04","modified_gmt":"2011-07-08T15:55:04","slug":"%e2%80%98win-a-baby%e2%80%99-fertility-charity-launches-new-ivf-lottery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/%e2%80%98win-a-baby%e2%80%99-fertility-charity-launches-new-ivf-lottery\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Win a baby\u2019! Fertility charity launches new IVF lottery"},"content":{"rendered":"
Source: http:\/\/www.christian.org.uk<\/a><\/div>\n

Britain\u2019s first IVF lottery is set to launch later this month giving players the chance to win a baby, but critics have branded the contest as \u2018exploitative\u2019.<\/p>\n

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The controversial lottery, which has now been granted a licence by the Gambling Commission, will see players spending \u00a320 on each ticket.<\/p>\n

The contest will be open to anyone, including single people, homosexuals and elderly players.<\/p>\n

Unacceptable<\/h2>\n

Each month a winner will receive \u00a325,000 worth of tailor-made fertility treatments. They may even be offered donor eggs or a surrogate mother.<\/p>\n

The contentious lottery is going to be run by To Hatch, a charity which offers fertility advice to couples seeking IVF.<\/p>\n

But Josephine Quintavalle, from the campaign group Comment on Reproductive Ethics, warned that \u201cturning the process of reproduction into a buy-your-ticket lottery, is absolutely unacceptable and quite possibly breaks European Law on the commercialisation of human tissue.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy all accounts, this lottery offers not just a chance to have IVF treatment but also promises access to surrogate wombs, spare embryos, egg and sperm donors.<\/p>\n

Exploitative<\/h2>\n

\u201cIt is in this area where an immediate investigation should be demanded. It is surely not legal to pay \u00a320 to have access to another woman\u2019s womb?\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr Gillian Lockwood, director of Midland Fertility Service, said: \u201cThis sounds like a rather exploitative way of drawing attention to their website.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cPeople should be spending their \u00a320 on good nutrition if they are having problems conceiving, not a ticket for this lottery.\u201d<\/p>\n

Inappropriate<\/h2>\n

And a statement from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority said that it was \u201cstrongly of the view that using IVF as a \u2018prize\u2019 in a lottery is wrong and entirely inappropriate\u201d.<\/p>\n

If the lottery proves popular it could take place once a fortnight<\/p>\n

However Camille Strachan, the founder of To Hatch, said: \u201cWe will offer struggling couples a completely tailor-made service. We hope the To Hatch Lottery can ease the burden on the NHS and reduce stress slightly on some of those who are struggling.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earlier this year an Oxford University ethicist argued that human embryos should be screened for their potential intelligence and only the smartest allowed to live.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: http:\/\/www.christian.org.uk Britain\u2019s first IVF lottery is set to launch later this month giving players the chance to win a baby, but critics have branded the contest as \u2018exploitative\u2019. The controversial lottery, which has now been granted a licence by the Gambling Commission, will see players spending \u00a320 on each ticket.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2463"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2463"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2465,"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2463\/revisions\/2465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.againstchildtrafficking.org\/archive\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}