Today we're joined by one of your favorite guests, Jennifer Lahl, president of The Center for Bioethics and Culture and documentary filmmaker, to discuss the surrogacy industry, why it's in the news, and how women are being targeted to sell their eggs. The rates of single men buying surrogate children have grown significantly in the past few years – Jennifer breaks down why this raises some red flags. We also discuss how this crosses over into gender theory and the exploitation of young people. Jennifer's upcoming documentary, "The Detransition Diaries: Saving Our Sisters," dives into stories of de-transitioning and the medical industry's harm on young people and women's fertility, and you can support it here!
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Today's Links:
NY Post: “I just Gave Birth to a Baby for Strangers I Met On Instagram” https://nypost.com/2022/08/03/influencer-has-a-baby-for-strangers-she-met-on-instagram/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter
Forbes: “Elon Musks’s babies were conceived via IVF and Surrogacy - Is it the future of reproduction?” https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexzhavoronkov/2022/07/27/elon-musk-and-other-billionaires-make-their-babies-via-ivf-and-surrogatesis-it-a-future-of-reproduction/?sh=652c75b91cf0
Cosmopolitan: “Social Media is encouraging young women to become egg donors - but is it actually a good idea?” https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/body/health/a40703647/egg-donor-uk/
Daily Mail: "Two-thirds of applications from single people to become the parent of a surrogate child are done by men, figures show" https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10631893/Two-thirds-applications-single-people-parent-surrogate-child-men.html
Today: "Ricky Martin on having more kids: 'I have a couple of embryos waiting for me'" https://www.today.com/parents/ricky-martin-having-more-kids-i-have-couple-embryos-waiting-t199932
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Previous Episodes Mentioned:
Ep 552 | "Big Fertility" & the Truth Behind The Surrogacy Industry | Guest: Jennifer Lahl https://apple.co/3BXAzZs
Ep 554 | IVF, Embryo Adoption, & Surrogacy: Answering the Hard Questions | Guest: Jennifer Lahl https://apple.co/3dsq1aR
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