Counting Our Blessings

by The Center for Bioethics and Culture on November 19, 2019

Post image for Counting Our Blessings

Dear friends, Every autumn as the holidays start to approach, I become acutely aware of all of the wonderful people in my life. Gratitude seems to permeate throughout the air at this time of year, and I want you to know just how incredibly grateful the CBC is for you and your support. I hope […]

Egg Harvesting, Gene Editing, and Artificial Wombs

by The Center for Bioethics and Culture on November 15, 2019

Post image for Egg Harvesting, Gene Editing, and Artificial Wombs

New Venus Rising Episode with Wesley J. Smith Join us for a brand new episode of Venus Rising as Jennifer Lahl has the privilege to sit down with lawyer and award-winning author, Wesley J. Smith, to discuss egg harvesting, gene-editing, artificial wombs and more! Wesley Smith has authored or co-authored 14 books and hundreds of articles or opinion […]

Women As Guinea Pigs in Biotechnical Research

Thumbnail image for Women As Guinea Pigs in Biotechnical Research

From remarks delivered at the Heritage Foundation’s recent panel, “Bioethics: What It Is and Why It Matters“ In 1985, just seven years after the birth of Louise Brown (1978), the world’s first ‘test tube’ baby, Gena Corea published her very important book titled, The Mother Machine: Reproductive Technologies from Artificial Insemination to Artificial Wombs. In […]

Read the full article →

The Global Market for Human Eggs

Thumbnail image for The Global Market for Human Eggs

Join us for an informative new episode of Venus Rising as we speak with cultural and medical anthropologist, Dr. Diane Tober. Dr. Tober is an Assistant Adjunct Professor at the University of California, San Francisco Institute for Health and Aging and faculty at the Bixby Center for Reproductive Health. Her work and research is focused on […]

Read the full article →

Venus Rising With Kallie Fell

Thumbnail image for Venus Rising With Kallie Fell

Have you listened to our newest episode of Venus Rising? You won’t want to miss this one. Last week we sat down with our own Kallie Fell, a Bay Area labor and delivery nurse, to discuss the commonly misunderstood basics of women’s reproductive physiology. Before she was a nurse, Kallie was a scientist in the Department of […]

Read the full article →

Spreading our message across the U.S. and beyond!

We are falling right into the fall season here at the Center for Bioethics and Culture! We welcomed our ten new Paul Ramsey Fellows to the first meeting of their two-year fellowship, and boy are they an impressive group of young men and women. Our reading for this meeting was William May’s “The Physician’s Covenant: Images of […]

Read the full article →

Venus Rising is now on your favorite streaming platform!

Venus Rising logo mother holding baby

Venus Rising has launched into other atmospheres!! You can now find Venus Rising on your favorite streaming platform! That’s right, you can listen to episodes of Venus Rising on Spotify, Google Play, Podomatic, and even iTunes!!!  The good news doesn’t stop there… Today we air a BRAND NEW episode!!!! Join us as we travel across […]

Read the full article →

Questions of Power and Rights in Surrogacy

illustrated conference logo

Questions of Power and Rights in Surrogacy: Is it acceptable for gay men to exploit surrogate mothers facing poverty, racism, eugenic forces and misogyny? by Susan Hawthorne Paper presented at Broken Bonds and Big Money: An International Conference on Surrogacy. Storey Hall, RMIT, Melbourne, 16 March 2019. I am a lesbian. In my political activism […]

Read the full article →

Twins at 73

silhouette of India

Chances are, if you are in the medical community or have logged onto Facebook, you have read news headlines declaring that a 73-year-old woman has given birth to twins. Erramatti Mangayamma is believed to be the oldest woman to give birth; her husband is 80 years old.  The information presented in the news is scarce, […]

Read the full article →

Is Egg “Donation” and Surrogacy the Newest Form of Human Trafficking?

red

I’m in Spain at the time of this writing, where I have been invited to speak on the topic of “Reproductive Exploitation.” One of the slides in my talk made the claim that reproductive exploitation is the newest form of human trafficking. Another speaker at the conference, an attorney, disagreed with my claim. This attorney […]

Read the full article →

Venus Rising Podcast Launches Today!

illustrated mother and baby

This summer has been incredibly busy for us here at the CBC! We’ve been working hard on our newest project, Venus Rising, a podcast welcoming you into our living room for chats about all things fertility, infertility and women’s reproductive health. The first episode has officially launched today! Listen now on Podomatic at venusrising.podomatic.com, and […]

Read the full article →

New project launching soon!

illustrated plane flying around globe

Boy how time flies! I hope you had a restful summer and were able to squeeze in a bit of vacation and time away. In our 24/7 world it seems harder and harder to unplug and summer just seems to fly by.  Things were especially busy over the summer for us at the CBC. Some […]

Read the full article →

“#BigFertility” Documentary Exposes 3 Ways Surrogacy Harms Children

pregnant woman holding stomach

by Katy Faust, Founder and Director of Them Before Us Embryos are routinely manufactured according to specification – their genetic makeup is literally chosen from a catalogue. Watch the Film  |  #BigFertility: It’s All About the MoneyRead the Book  |  Broken Bonds: Surrogate Mothers Speak Out A new short documentary, “#BigFertility: It’s All About the Money,” exposes […]

Read the full article →

Clinical Complications in Oocyte Retrievals: A brief look into a recent retrospective study

illustrated collage of women's faces in a range of skin tones and hairstyles

A year ago this month, Fertility and Sterility published an article that assessed complications arising from oocyte retrievals. More specifically, researchers performed a retrospective analysis of ultrasound-guided transvaginal oocyte retrieval procedures and the ensuing complications that occurred between 1996 to 2016 at the Fertility Center Humanitas Research Hospital in Italy. A total of 23,827 consecutive […]

Read the full article →

Reaching the World on Instagram

Instagram logo

This summer, as you are traveling with family and friends, enjoying the sunshine and taking some much-needed time off, please consider staying up to date with the CBC Network on Instagram! With the expansion and ease of social media, Instagram is a great way for us to reach the masses and keep you familiar with […]

Read the full article →

Why the Gay and Lesbian Equality Movement Must Oppose Surrogacy

statue of blindfolded Lady Justice held in front of pregnant woman's stomach

by Gary Powell As gay people, we cannot insist on the right to carry out practices that harm the rights of others. Rather than being an LGBT rights issue, surrogacy is a women’s rights issue and a children’s rights issue; and like the sale of human organs, it is not an activity that should be […]

Read the full article →

Casualties of Surrogacy

pregnant woman in sun on sidewalk

This essay is adapted from remarks delivered at the Heritage Foundation. We have no business building a multi-billion-dollar fertility industry at the risk of the health and well-being of women and children. A woman’s body is not designed to carry another woman’s baby. The media and Hollywood celebrities, like Kim Kardashian and Jimmy Fallon, present […]

Read the full article →

Gloria Steinem Calls Upon New York Gov. Cuomo to Not Legalize Commercial Surrogacy

Gloria Steinem

In true CBC collaboration style, we are happy to announce that Gloria Steinem has written a letter calling upon New York Gov. Cuomo to not legalize commercial surrogacy! Unfortunately, the state Senate voted 40/21 on Tuesday, June 11 to pass the “Child-Parent Security Act,” but it has not been scheduled for a vote in the […]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries