This is a direct quote from someone who contacted us with concerns.
It is posted here with his permission (thank you H)
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It is posted here with his permission (thank you H)
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I thought this site (The Anonymous Us project) was a great idea until I did a bit of digging. And read articles such as http://lezgetreal.com/2011/01/nom-uses-site-about-sperm-donation-stories-to-further-homophobic-agenda/comment-page-1/#comment-125483
I thought the Anonymous Us project was to be a site where people could share experiences- and that all experiences would be put forward (I have a positive experience - which is why I was originally looking at the site) However I soon found out that this isnt the case. The site owner is trying to encourage negative stories as she (and her promoters) have the view that children should only be created by married straight fertile couples. These negative stories are used as 'evidence' to support her views.
She is funded/ supported by groups such as the 'Institute for American Family Values' who appear to, again, only support that children be conceived to straight, married, fertile couples. You can see how this project is being advertised, through such groups, for example through very one sided and judgmental articles such as Untold Story of Donor Conceived Children - http://blog.christianitytoday.com/women/2011/01/the_untold_story_of_spermdonor.html within which it states:
" According to Elizabeth Marquardt, director of the Center for Marriage and Families at the Institute for American Values and editor of FamilyScholars.org, half of young adults who are conceived by sperm donation are "disturbed about the circumstances of their conception." "Overall, compared to those who are raised by their biological parents, they are more likely to struggle with mental illness or substance abuse or depression," Marquardt told NPR last summer."
She is funded/ supported by groups such as the 'Institute for American Family Values' who appear to, again, only support that children be conceived to straight, married, fertile couples. You can see how this project is being advertised, through such groups, for example through very one sided and judgmental articles such as Untold Story of Donor Conceived Children - http://blog.christianitytoday.com/women/2011/01/the_untold_story_of_spermdonor.html within which it states:
" According to Elizabeth Marquardt, director of the Center for Marriage and Families at the Institute for American Values and editor of FamilyScholars.org, half of young adults who are conceived by sperm donation are "disturbed about the circumstances of their conception." "Overall, compared to those who are raised by their biological parents, they are more likely to struggle with mental illness or substance abuse or depression," Marquardt told NPR last summer."
Please take any reference to this 'research' or 'studies' by these groups with a very big pinch of salt. There are many peer reviewed and more accurate studies that actually show the opposite to be true. Alana Stewart cites the projects- funded by those with a clear agenda- on various posts.
Look instead at 'real' research - for example In a 2001 article in Child Development (Vol. 72, No. 2, pages 559-608) Golombok found that children in families that underwent IVF were as well-adjusted on a range of social and emotional measures as matched youngsters who were adopted or conceived naturally. A study in Human Reproduction by Golombok and colleagues, published online March 29, reports on the third wave of a longitudinal study of youngsters who are now 3 and their parents. Families that conceived via donor egg or sperm, surrogates or naturally were a lot alike with one exception: Women who had conceived via an assisted method were more warm and interactive with their children than those who had conceived naturally.
Elizabeth Marquardt - one of Alana's biggest supporters- makes statements such as
(10 Feb 2011)
" Your donor will fall in love with your kids. His kids. This is a fact. Get used to it now. If your donor does not fall in love with your kids, congratulations: you just had children with a psychopath. "
Direct quote (to lesbian couples) from Elizabeth Marquardt - http://familyscholars.org/2011/02/10/and-baby-makes-more/
(10 Feb 2011)
" Your donor will fall in love with your kids. His kids. This is a fact. Get used to it now. If your donor does not fall in love with your kids, congratulations: you just had children with a psychopath. "
Direct quote (to lesbian couples) from Elizabeth Marquardt - http://familyscholars.org/2011/02/10/and-baby-makes-more/
Alana posted this recently - to the Family Scholars web site- after a workshop for parents considering using reproductive technologies to grow their familes.
http://familyscholars.org/2010/06/08/a-sunday-in-the-shark-tank/
She is so vehemently opposed to children being 'manufactured' as she describes the conception of children not 'born naturally' that she is unable to even consider other points of view. So for her to be fronting a site that should be for people to be able to share stories freely, this is of great concern. Little do they know that any negative story will be used in her campaign to abolish reproductive technologies.
http://familyscholars.org/2010/06/08/a-sunday-in-the-shark-tank/
She is so vehemently opposed to children being 'manufactured' as she describes the conception of children not 'born naturally' that she is unable to even consider other points of view. So for her to be fronting a site that should be for people to be able to share stories freely, this is of great concern. Little do they know that any negative story will be used in her campaign to abolish reproductive technologies.
So before you unwittingly support her by posting, do a little research on Alana Stewart and post knowing what your story is going to be used for. Of course if its a positive one you are unlikely to see it anywhere- although they generally use one to demonstrate their 'fairness'. Be warned.
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