Savior sibling
They have no other choice than to take on the status of reservoir of cells for their sick elder, subject to a project predetermined by others, in this case society, the medical profession and their own parents.
"[citation needed] The Jérome Lejeune Foundation, like other religious associations, which is anti-abortion, against research on embryos, but not against assisted procreation, speaks of a "double sorting baby", because this child is the survivor of a double sorting: the 1st in relation to the disease, the 2nd, in relation to compatibility,[7] thus wanting to criticize the selection of a large number of "healthy" embryos and therefore the "interruption of the life" of future babies, and therefore a eugenic drift.
Finally, these same opponents refuse the term "double hope baby", because it means the same practice as the expression "baby-medicine" – therefore the same criticisms apply.
Physically, there are inherent risks associated with the medical technologies involved in conceiving saviour siblings, such as in vitro fertilization (IVF), preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), and hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) donation.
These risks appear to be relatively low, with IVF being a routine procedure and limited short-term harm observed with PGD and HLA typing.
Proper information, parental care, emotional support, and attention can help mitigate any potential negative psychological impacts on child donors, including saviour siblings.
Overall, addressing these concerns involves careful consideration of both the physical and psychological well-being of saviour siblings during the decision-making process and throughout their lives.
In the British soap opera Emmerdale, Debbie Dingle gave birth to her son Jack, who would serve as a savior sibling to his older sister Sarah, who was suffering from Fanconi anemia.
On the popular American show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, the episode "Harvest" deals with the reported abduction and later murder of a thirteen-year-old girl named Alycia who was later revealed to be a savior sibling for her brother Daniel.
The novel Never Let Me Go, later adapted into a film, is centred around a dystopian future society where human clones are created and allowed to live to their teenage years before being used for organ harvesting.
In the Korean drama The Penthouse, the character Anna is adopted by a Korean-American family to be a savior sibling to their son, Logan Lee, who was suffering from bone marrow cancer at the time.
In the light novels of Sword Art Online and their respective anime adaptations, the character Vassago Casals was born from an affair his Japanese father had with a Spanish woman he paid for sexual services.
