Spreading the word - embryos can be adopted
The National Embryo Donation
Center has received federal grants to educate the public.
Much of the public is unaware that stored embryos can be adopted.
Center spokesman Dr. Jeffrey Keenan tells OneNewsNow the first grant
will be used to remedy that problem.
"[We will] harness the power of new media in order to expand awareness
of embryo donation and adoption," he shares. "We'll be using media such
as Facebook, YouTube, MySpace, Constant Contact, mass e-mails, Twitter,
podcasts, webinars, and other web-based media."
While the outreach of the Knoxville, Tennessee-based center will
primarily target those who are infertile, Keenan shares that it will
also spread information among the general population.
"There are about a half-million frozen embryos in frozen storage in the
United States. About 15 percent of the reproductive-age population in
the United States is infertile, and embryo donation or embryo adoption
is a wonderful option for infertile couples to build their family,"
Keenan adds.
The Center's medical director also notes those who have completed their
family can donate remaining eggs for others. A second grant from the
Department of Health and Human Services, Keenan says, will allow the
organization to target professionals, such as doctors, with an
awareness campaign.
Contact: Charlie Butts
Source: OneNewsNow
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