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My Sister’s Keeper,  a heart wrenching move about a younger sister born to keep her older sister alive.  Expected to make more and more sacrifices to the elder sister due to their parents.  It’s heartbreaking yes, however it’s based on a culmination of true stories in the beginning, it degrades into the usual cinema fare soon enough.

While, that’s not to say it a bad movie.  It’s merely saying it’s just that, a movie.

There is a fear that the movie may raise public scrutiny and fears of misuse of the procedure with the over exaggeration of what is expected of the younger child.

While it’s understandable in movie terms, the real story of the procedures used in the movie isn’t nearly as bad.  While it does fall under a few other categories that people may not understand and may reject as an ethics issue, it’s something that does save lives.

Babies are born for many different reasons, they can be a surprise, a baby can be meant to keep two people together, and quite a few other reasons.  Keeping a family member alive is perhaps a more noble reason.  Most of the time, the chord blood is used from the baby, causing absolutely no physical harm to the child.

Most parents say and will do anything to save their child, including at times having another baby.  The baby to be is screened to be sure they are an identical  genetic match to the sick child.  Granted, this is one of the places the ethical dilemma stems from, while also encompassing the whole reason of having a child to save another.