Based on the content of these pages, write a short essay (one to three pages) that covers the following topics:

What does it mean to store cord blood? Who might choose to do so?
What are the potential benefits from storing cord blood? What are the risks or costs?
Of the three websites you read that weren’t trying to sell a product (Wikipedia, American Pregnancy, and Health Prep), which site did you feel presented the most objective, unbiased information about cord blood banking? Of all the sites you looked at, which did you feel was least objective and most biased? Why?
Based on everything you’ve read, what is your conclusion on the practicality, ethics, or overall appropriateness of banking cord blood? (In other words, what would you recommend to a friend who was considering it, or what would you choose yourself if you were in a situation in which you might consider cord blood banking?). Your answer must include both what it could mean for you or the friend personally, and what it could mean at a social or societal level.