match for their older daughter, Kate, who has leukemia and needs a bone marrow transplant. No one else in the family is a match, so the Fitzgeralds design their next child accordingly. There are major ethical concerns here because the Fitzgeralds also had to reject other embryos when they chose Anna. We might wonder what happened to those tiny human beings.

Furthermore, there is the issue of Anna's human dignity and freedom. For her whole life, she seemed to exist not for her own person but for Kate. She has been put through many procedures; some of them quite painful in order to donate what her sister needs. Anna is not being treated as a person in her own right but rather as a resource for Kate. Kate has always seemed to take priority among the Fitzgerald children.

When Anna turns thirteen, her parents expect her to give Kate a kidney. Anna also faces many restrictions in her life. She wants to play hockey, for instance, but cannot because it might damage her body in some way so she won't be as useful to her sister. Anna, therefore, sues for medical emancipation from her parents. She does not want them to choose how to use her body any longer because their choice never seems to be about Anna's good but always about Kate. Anna wants to be treated as a person, not a biological supplier.