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 by Jennifer Lahl, CBC President
In
addition to the tragic stories of surrogacy gone wrong, there are
families and surrogates with “happy endings.” It is important to hear
these stories, too, and to respond to the arguments they make in favor
of surrogacy.
Since the release of my latest film, Breeders: A Subclass of Women?,
and with the media attention surrounding our work to ban surrogacy, I
have received many personal emails from women who want to tell us about
their tragic surrogacy stories. As you might expect, I’ve also received a
fair share of emails from . . . [continue reading]
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 by Christopher White, CBC Director of Research and Education
Much
media attention has been devoted to the case of Jennifer Cramblett—the
white Midwestern mother who is suing her sperm bank for providing her
with the sperm of a black man, resulting in the birth of her biracial
daughter, Payton.
Following
the debate over the case, there’s been no shortage of opinions: some
believe that Cramblett is racist and she has no valid case at all.
Others believe that as a paying customer, she should have received the
product she was promised. And a few (though only a few!) commentators
have . . . [continue reading]
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 by Matthew Eppinette, CBC Executive Director
Over the weekend I attended a screening of the documentary Alive Inside,
which won the Audience Award at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. It’s
easy to see why it won the award—it is a very well made documentary that
engages viewers in a range of emotions.
The
film raises a number of points related to the field of bioethics,
particularly as it regards end-of-life issues. For example . . . [continue reading]
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