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[muliebrity]

How do you feel about a lottery where the prize isn't money, but paid services like in vitro, surrogacy, etc.? If you won such a lottery, would you tell the resulting child about it? If you were unable to conceive with your partner, would you buy a ticket?

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Comments

[mydwelling]

Sure. Why not?

[xreesex]

I have no issues with it.

[owlsarentaholes]

I saw that headline the other day and just . . . it just seemed icky to me.

I suppose if they're offering in vitro with the egg and sperm of the couple who will be raising the child, I don't REALLY have a problem with it (and I'd be against all the rest whether or not a lottery was involved), but it still seems . . . IDK.

If someone does it, they may as well tell the child - it would make for an interesting story for sure.

ETA: That *isn't* the headline I saw - the one I saw said "Win a Baby" and THAT is a gross way to spin it, IMO.

[muliebrity]

Yeah, the Jezebel headline said "win a baby," I think.

[carrieb]

Something about it just rubs me the wrong way. I know so many desperate couples who would do this in a heartbeat. The price of the ticket is so high, though, that I would fear it could cause serious financial woes to people who would be better served by saving their money and paying for the treatment themselves.

I guess if I was desperate I would still want that chance. I don't know. Whatever makes people happy. Even if they win the treatments, they still have a long road ahead to get an actual baby.

[laminy]

I know some people have absolutely no money, so yeah, obviously it's a lot to them, but for a lot of people, £20 will get them just the gas to take them to the doctor's. It wouldn't make a dent in the treatment costs.

[kioskgirl]

If spending £20 on a ticket would put someone into financial hardship, then they are not someone who is in a position to be able to save for fertility treatment.

[carrieb]

Very true. In reading the article it sounded like it would be a monthly thing and there wasn't a limit on the number of tickets a couple could buy. I guess I was just thinking of the couples that only had X number of dollars for treatment and they knew it wouldn't be enough, so they desperately bought several tickets each month.

I pretty much see all lotteries and gambling as a waste of money, even nickle slots, so I am not likely to think a $30 baby lottery is a good investment.

[sewawkward]

I really don't have an issue with it except with how it is being portrayed as "Win a Baby" which even the article linked says within the text.