The desire for white babies reflects a larger appeal of European ancestry, revealing a possible reverse migration of Americans traveling to Europe to create their families.
While Americans are seeking fertility treatments abroad, many international markets, particularly those for surrogacy, are withdrawing access for foreign patients under media cries about the exploitation of poorer women. However, fertility clinics that offer IVF using an egg donor have avoided popular media scorn thus far.
Egg donation or surrogacy should also be considered avenues of economic mobility for young American women. American egg donors and surrogates may also travel to different states in order to cycle for their intended parents.
It is evident the global reproductive medical industry is a vast marketplace with various options for intended parents who cannot afford, or who cannot access, treatment at home. Intended parents make choices about where to travel based on wanting a child that will resemble them, regulations regarding third party assisted reproductive technologies, or liberal legislation that will grant them access to care.
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