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Tag Archives: art
Egg Harvesting Raises Risk of Ovarian Tumors
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC IVF has been painted as a virtually risk free enterprise. But we haven’t much studied the long term impact on children — who appear to have higher rates of certain … Continue reading
Father Can’t Stop Embryos From Being Implanted
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC It amazes me how an embryo is or isn’t an existing human life — depending on what the question is. In Argentina, a man fathered embryos via IVF, and then … Continue reading
Posted in art, IVF, reproductive tech
Tagged art, Artificial Reproductive Technologies, embryos, IVF, Reproductive Technologies
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CBC is Just Getting Started
Your personal interest in what is happening through the Center for Bioethics and Culture (CBC) is so encouraging. I appreciate your willingness to join hands with me in this bioethics battle. I cannot lead this effort without you! On September … Continue reading
Posted in Anonymous Father's Day, art, CBC, eggsploitation, reproductive tech
Tagged Anonymous Father's Day, art, CBC, eggsploitation, Reproductive Technology
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The Commercialization of Reproduction and Donor Anonymity in Canada
This week, we are pleased to feature an in-depth report on assisted reproduction in Canada. The report was prepared by our 2011 Blackstone Legal Intern, Brittney Sharp. The report is especially timely as Jennifer Lahl will be in Toronto later … Continue reading
The Higher They are The Harder They Fall
By Jennifer Lahl, CBC President Pacific Reproductive Center (PRC) of Southern California (AKA, the reproductive tourist capital of the world) has just announced the opening of an on-site laboratory with breakthrough technology that has the ability to analyze all 46 … Continue reading
Posted in art, embryo grading, embryos, in vitro technologies, IVF, reproductive tech
Tagged art, IVF, PGD, Reproductive Technology
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The Infertility Industry’s Dirty Little Secret . . .
. . . Not So Secret Anymore We continue to be encouraged by the interest Eggsploitation is generating and the feedback it’s receiving. It is an Official Selection of the 2011 California Independent Film Festival and has been nominated for … Continue reading
Posted in egg donation, Egg Donors, eggsploitation
Tagged art, egg donation, Egg Donors, eggsploitation, enewsletter, film, IVF
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Outsourcing Pregnancy: Just Another Job?
By Jennifer Lahl, CBC President As millions around the world celebrated the birth of Jesus, Elton John and his partner, David Furnish, issued a press release announcing the birth of their baby boy, born on Christmas Day. Zachary Jackson Levon … Continue reading
Posted in art, biotechnology, egg donation, Egg Donors, eggs, eggsploitation, fertility tourism, infertility, IVF, IVY League Egg Donors, reproductive tech, Reproductive Tourism, surrogacy
Tagged art, egg donation, eggsploitation, infertility, IVF, Reproductive Technologies, Reproductive Tourism, surrogacy, Twiblings
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Objectifying Birth Mothers as “Gestational Carriers”
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC I thought that language which dehumanized women was supposed to be verboten. But in the procreation as manufacture world of IVF, surrogate mothers, who used to be known as birth … Continue reading
Posted in art, in vitro technologies, IVF, reproductive tech, surrogacy
Tagged art, IVF, reproductive tech, Reproductive Technologies, surrogacy
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Planned Premature Birth Another Sign of Procreation as Manufacture
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC Reproduction, we are now told, is a fundamental right. That sounds good. We don’t want government preventing people from having children. But under this theory, the right to reproduce has … Continue reading
Posted in art, autonomy, designer babies, in vitro technologies, IVF, reproductive tech
Tagged art, Beginning of Life, IVF, Reproductive Technologies
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Biological Colonialism at the Movies
By Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Special Consultant to the CBC HBO has a documentary out that apparently highlights the baby gestating industry that is growing in India, which I have dealt with before (see here and here and here). Christianity … Continue reading
Posted in art, Biological Colonialism, fertility tourism, human rights, human trafficking, in vitro technologies, IVF, reproductive tech, Reproductive Tourism, surrogacy, trafficking
Tagged art, Biological Colonialism, fertility tourism, human rights, human trafficking, IVF, reproductive tech, Reproductive Tourism, Rreproductive Technologies, surrogacy
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