March 2017

New Ebook – Not Just Creating Your Own Family: An Interview with an Egg Donor Recipient Mother

Because of the work we do on the topic of third-party reproduction—egg donation, sperm donation, and surrogacy—we are frequently contacted by those who have been affected by these practices. In late 2016, Jennifer Lahl, the Founder and President of The Center for Bioethics and Culture, was contacted by a woman whom we are calling Sandra in […]

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Spanish Resources

As Jennifer and I prepare to go to Spain next month we are having some of our materials translated into Spanish. Our film Breeders: A Subclass of Women? has been available with Spanish subtitles for several months now. You can watch Criadoras:¿Una clase inferior de mujeres? on Vimeo and choose Spanish or English closed captioning. […]

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Jennifer Lahl at the United Nations: Stop this Global Trading on the Female Body

Last week when I was in New York to host and moderate our Trading on the Female Body event—which was a success beyond our expectations (please be sure to watch or re-watch the video of the event on Facebook or YouTube!)—I also testified at the United Nations. The UN event was entitled “Root Causes of Trafficking in […]

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What A Great Event!

Our Trading on the Female Body event yesterday in New York was a terrific success. Before the event even started, we had to bring in more chairs, and we ended up with people standing in the back and sitting on the floor down the sides. Both panels did a wonderful job, and the audience was […]

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Join Us LIVE from New York

As part of our #StopSurrogacyNow project, we are hosting a global conversation on surrogacy, “Trading on the Female Body,” in New York City on Tuesday, March 14 from 1:00 to 3:00 PM EDT. We are having two panel discussions, one that features women who have been harmed by the practices of surrogacy and egg donation, […]

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Feminists Gather to Stop Surrogacy Exploitation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ***MEDIA ADVISORY***U.S. FALLS BEHIND IN PROTECTING WOMEN ANDCHILDREN FROM COMMERCIAL EXPLOITATION Leading international feminists and bioethicists, alarmed by the dramatic spread of gestational surrogacy and commercial egg farming in the U.S.—buying and selling children is outlawed in many parts of the world—will hold a news conference on Tuesday, March 14 at 12:30 pm at […]

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What’s the Big Deal?

With our major event coming up at the UN on the 14th (Trading on the Female Body), we’ve gotten a few questions on social media about why surrogacy is such a big issue for us and why we’re working so hard to bring this conversation to those attending the UN’s 61st Commission on the Status […]

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Reminder: Applications for the Next Cohort of Paul Ramsey Institute Fellows are Due March 6

We are pleased to be accepting applications for the third cohort of our Paul Ramsey Institute, the CBC’s signature educational initiative to further the thought and methods of Paul Ramsey, and to educate and shape future generations of bioethics leaders. The Paul Ramsey Institute brings leading thinkers in the field of bioethics together with current […]

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