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  • Eggsploitation: The Dirty Secrets of the Third-Party Reproductive Industry

    08/14/2015 5:46:26 AM PDT · by NYer · 17 replies
    Aletelia ^ | August 14, 2015 | KATHLEEN SLOAN
    I’m sure you’ve seen them in the media: attractive, well-off, smiling parents holding adorable infants created by third-party reproduction and assisted reproductive technologies (ART). Of course, the narrative goes, this development is a win-win for all. Who could object to children being created for those who through either infertility or biological sex are unable to reproduce? But this picture hides the highly profitable fertility industry’s dirty secrets. It ignores what is required to create these children: exploitation, health endangerment, and the commodification of human life. An honest look at the facts and circumstances surrounding third-party reproduction and ART should...