"YOUR GAMETE, MYSELF"

The idea of using an egg or sperm donor versus adoption is something that people will argue over for years. In reality I believe it is up to the women or family to make a decision of which would they would handle best. Though adoption does seem more favorable and less controversial, in many ways having a child through childbirth is an experience most women hope to have in their lifetime. If they are willing to spend the money and do the research, I don't see any problem in using a donor. Though the child may not carry the same genes as the mother, they still live inside the women for the 9 months prior to being born. It is easier for families to have a child that is born into their family rather then adopt one after they have already had a connection with their birth mother. Personally, I would not use a donor, because the expenses of having it are not worth it to me. I think any being you raise, and that can accept you as their family is good enough. It shouldn't matter whether you gave birth to them or not, but the love and care you show for the child. But if a family is willing to pay the price, then that is their own opinion and they have every right to do so. Either way adoption or using a donor, as long as both the child and the parents are happy their is no reason one should be used over the other.