Eggsploitation – a Documentary About Infertility Industry and a Multi-billion Dollar Business
This summer a (great) documentary is coming. I haven’t seen it yet, but the topic is absolutely great and a very, very hot one.
Those who are reading this blog, do know that we have published similar topics several times and that we have written about the infertility industry’s dirty little secrets… Eggsploitation – absolutely the most appropriate word for the cultural phenomena that had grown on the misery of couples who cannot have children or who have fertility issues and are ready to do (give, pay etc.) whatever is needed to get that egg.
Word Eggsplotation was produced by the Center for Bioethics and Culture (Lines That Divide, 2009), and the word Eggsplotation says it all. Documentary is about trading on the Female Body, more precisely eggs, it is about a a multi-billion dollar business industry that profits from the booming business of human eggs. There are real stories told by the real women who got involved in egg trafficking and by those whose lives have been changed forever.
As already said we wrote about the topic before and we have introduce you with the policy behind, how much money can actually be offered (and how much money there it is actually offered for human eggs), how many times agencies violate terms and conditions of American Society for Reproductive Medicine Guidelines, and these ads promoting egg donors violate guidelines by targeting young women on colleges through ads placed in college magazines, college campus bulletin boards, social media, online classifieds and offered them up to 100,000 for “donated” eggs in order to help someone’s dream come true. This definitely leads to conclusion that human eggs are a privilege of the rich.
Caucasians with blue eyes, high IQ, slim figure (90-60-90) are the most wanted 
I am joking in this last sentence (although there is nothing to joke about), but hey there is actually preference type of woman donator and it does include skin color, hair color etc.
I am sure this documentary will shake us – exactly what the 7th art should do! And hopefully will raise some additional questions too…
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On the one hand there is a plea for egg donors to come forward and receive large sums based on their physical and intellectual traits. On the other hand, there is a body that is totally opposed to egg donation in light of the serious egg donation risks imposed.
In reality, fertility specialists at top fertility clinics South Africa have confirmed that there no increased challenges on a health level for egg donors, so the concerns about egg donation risks are not considered severe.
Egg donors are recruited to participate on an ultruistic motion, so the incentive is not financial. The egg donor donation for woman aged between 18 and 34 is a nominal amount helping the donors with costs that really mount iro their travelling to the fertility clinic and for the inconveneince of participating as an egg donor.
The extensive screening for egg donors includes the counselling about how the egg donation program will proceed – complete explaining about the hormone medication, the scans and dedication to contribute to good donor egg development. It is true that egg donors are given hormone treatment to stimulate egg development. This is only for a relatively short space of time and the egg donors are carefully monitoried ovet this period to ensure that their bodies are responding appropriately.
Fertility treatment is a highly specialised area, so the assessment of ovaries after an egg donation may be quite normal and appear as they should after an egg donation, but may be viewed differently by a non-fertility specialist. Furthermore, limiting the number of times an egg donor participates on egg donation treatment also ensures the concept of moderation.
There is risk in every thing we undertake in life, but fertility specialists have confirmed that there is no increased exposure ito egg donation risks when egg donors participate on a controlled egg donor program and are monitored and counselled by fertility specialist professionals.
baby2mom Egg Donation Agency – is a top egg donor agency facilitating egg donor services. Of the hundreds of egg donation treatments that have been completed, egg donors have reported that the egg donor program has added meaning to their life and the careful manner in which egg donors were treated and monitored have contributed to an overall positive experience.
Hello, my names is James Dillon and I’m a senior journalism student at St. Michael’s College in Vermont. I’m currently embarking on my capstone project and am now looking for sources (and resources) to help enrich my research. This is a web-based, multi-media project in which my classmate and I will be exploring “the baby business.”
Our topic is the business, details, nuances and effects of egg & sperm donation, surrogacy, fertility treatment, selective adoption and/or the changing notions of pregnancy & parenthood in the modern age.
High on our list of priorities right now is locating ACTUAL people to share thier stories and experiences with us between now and April 2011. We are also simply looking for general input from people who are knowledgable about this topic.
If anyone who is part of this blog might be interested in helping us out in any way, please email me at jdillon2@smcvt.edu. I look forward to hearing from you!
Thanks so much. Cheers,
James