An Absurd Fate: What Happens to Abandoned Embryos?
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: it almost always starts with an emotional story. The latest situation is an embryo custody battle in Arizona. It highlights the depth of real human emotions connected to having children and building a family, and the ways in...
This Week in Bioethics
1. Egg “Donation” and Its Consequences We were contacted this week by Leah, a young woman who “donated” her eggs this summer. She found us as she researched how to deal with the complications she suffered, and continues to suffer, in the wake of her “donation”. Five...
This Week in Bioethics
1. SCOTUS Declines to Hear Surrogacy Case As far as I know, nothing we’ve posted on social media has ever gotten more reach or engagement that this news. It's a case we have been involved in and followed from the very beginning. The Federalist’s coverage of the...
What is Brave New World Really About?
I’m a huge science fiction fan, and I particularly like works of speculative and dystopian fiction. Some of my favorite, relatively recent books include Oryx and Crake, Snow Crash, and Anathem. Perhaps the most significant dystopian work, however, is Aldous Huxley’s...
This Week in Bioethics
1. Our Big News This Week: A New Ebook Because of the work we do on third-party reproduction—egg donation, sperm donation, and surrogacy—we’re frequently contacted by those who have been affected by these practices. Kevin contacted us after he watched our film...
In Case You Missed It
Many bioethics stories cross our inboxes and screens each day. Some we write about here and in other venues, and others we simply blurb or write a short comment on via our social media outlets. Of course, not everyone is on social media or follows us there, so I...
2016 Winners and Losers
Each year at this time we look back over the past twelve months with an eye toward identifying those whose lives and work actively promoted and affirmed a truly human future, and those who did not. Winners: Stephanie Packer is more than a winner; she really is a hero....
Holiday Weekend Reading and Watching
Happy New Year! Because New Year's Day falls on Sunday this year, many will have a three day weekend, so I wanted to gather some resources you might want to read or watch, if you haven't already. First, though, here is a quick update on our year-end fundraising...
New Documentary Reveals Effects of Assisted Suicide Legalization on Those Who Want to Live
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE San Francisco, CA / October 17, 2016 — Jennifer Lahl and The Center for Bioethics and Culture, producers of the award-winning Eggsploitation (2010, 2013), Anonymous Father’s Day (2011), Breeders: A Subclass of Women? (2014), and Maggie’s Story...
This Week in Bioethics
1. Can We? Should We? Our Christopher White this week highlighted two ways in which President George W. Bush’s decision -- now 15 years ago -- to limit federal funding for embryo destructive stem cell research has been vindicated. First, non-embryonic (aka adult) stem...
An Absurd Fate: What Happens to Abandoned Embryos?
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: it almost always starts with an emotional story. The latest situation is an embryo custody battle in Arizona. It highlights the depth of real human emotions connected to having children and building a family, and the ways in...
This Week in Bioethics
1. Egg “Donation” and Its Consequences We were contacted this week by Leah, a young woman who “donated” her eggs this summer. She found us as she researched how to deal with the complications she suffered, and continues to suffer, in the wake of her “donation”. Five...
This Week in Bioethics
1. SCOTUS Declines to Hear Surrogacy Case As far as I know, nothing we’ve posted on social media has ever gotten more reach or engagement that this news. It's a case we have been involved in and followed from the very beginning. The Federalist’s coverage of the...
What is Brave New World Really About?
I’m a huge science fiction fan, and I particularly like works of speculative and dystopian fiction. Some of my favorite, relatively recent books include Oryx and Crake, Snow Crash, and Anathem. Perhaps the most significant dystopian work, however, is Aldous Huxley’s...
This Week in Bioethics
1. Our Big News This Week: A New Ebook Because of the work we do on third-party reproduction—egg donation, sperm donation, and surrogacy—we’re frequently contacted by those who have been affected by these practices. Kevin contacted us after he watched our film...
In Case You Missed It
Many bioethics stories cross our inboxes and screens each day. Some we write about here and in other venues, and others we simply blurb or write a short comment on via our social media outlets. Of course, not everyone is on social media or follows us there, so I...
2016 Winners and Losers
Each year at this time we look back over the past twelve months with an eye toward identifying those whose lives and work actively promoted and affirmed a truly human future, and those who did not. Winners: Stephanie Packer is more than a winner; she really is a hero....
Holiday Weekend Reading and Watching
Happy New Year! Because New Year's Day falls on Sunday this year, many will have a three day weekend, so I wanted to gather some resources you might want to read or watch, if you haven't already. First, though, here is a quick update on our year-end fundraising...
New Documentary Reveals Effects of Assisted Suicide Legalization on Those Who Want to Live
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE San Francisco, CA / October 17, 2016 — Jennifer Lahl and The Center for Bioethics and Culture, producers of the award-winning Eggsploitation (2010, 2013), Anonymous Father’s Day (2011), Breeders: A Subclass of Women? (2014), and Maggie’s Story...
This Week in Bioethics
1. Can We? Should We? Our Christopher White this week highlighted two ways in which President George W. Bush’s decision -- now 15 years ago -- to limit federal funding for embryo destructive stem cell research has been vindicated. First, non-embryonic (aka adult) stem...