Why are they splitting the functions of motherhood into smaller parts? Does that reduce the power of the mother and her claim to the child? (“I only gave the egg. I am not the real mother.” “I only loaned my uterus. I am not the real mother.” “I only raised the child. I am not the real mother.”)
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The advantages that egg farming offers women within a patriarchal context must be seen in light of our losses. Through egg farming, women can be divided into two groups: egg donors and embryo recipients. In an entire society, all women could be engaged in reproduction, either as egg layers or egg hatchers. Both egg layers and egg hatchers would be controlled in terms of food, travel, work, and stress to ensure optimal conditions for the embryo. Women as egg layers are already in demand. I. D. Cooke announces the need for female ovum donors in the next decade. Women as egg layers and egg hatchers would be seen by patriarchy as the means to a vital commodity—eggs.
