Adoption and Surrogacy; Asking the Hard Questions
As I have long said that there is a strong correlation between what happens in surrogacy and what happens in adoption, so a film like Breeders is very important. It is an honest look at the risks of surrogate mothers and the commoditization of fertility and pregnancy, egg donations, and assisted reproductive technology in regard to human rights violations and women’s empowerment. Surrogacy is making all the same mistakes that have been made in adoption and have not yet learned from the past decades of education and awareness because the two have been seen as separate, but it’s really not very different.
About Breeders: A Subclass of Women?
Breeders Trailer (30 Sec) from CBC Network on Vimeo.
Surrogacy is fast becoming one of the major issues of the 21st century—celebrities and everyday people are increasingly using surrogates to build their families. We KNOW that many adoption attorneys are reporting that most of their income is shifting to surrogacy representation. But, like adoption, the practice is fraught with complex implications for women, children, and families. The film asks the hard questions: What is the impact on the women who serve as surrogates and on the children who are born from surrogacy? In what ways might money complicate things? What about altruistic surrogacy done for a family member or close friend? Is surrogacy a beautiful, loving act or does it simply degrade pregnancy to a service and a baby to a product? Can we find a middle ground? Should we even look for one?
Announcing New York and Washington DC Screenings of “Breeders”
The Manhattan screening of “Breeders: A Subclass of Women?” will be at the BowTie Chelsea Cinema at 260 West 23rd Street, New York, NY at 7:00 p.m. To Purchase Tickets please go to: http://bit.ly/1kQ17MP
I do hope that you will consider joining me in NYC for the film screening! The film is at 7:00 pm and it would be great to meet up before hand. I have already seen it as I reviews/ endorsed early on so I can tell you that it is VERY well done, though expect to be triggered.
The Washington, D.C., screening of “Breeders: A Subclass of Women?” will be at the Landmark Theater‘s Theater #4 at 555 11th St. NW in Washington, D.C. at 7:00 p.m. To Purchase Tickets, please go to http://bit.ly/RhV6hR. And RSVP on the FB Event!
Tickets are only $10.00 ($11.34 w/service fee).
If you can’t make it to NYC or DC, there are other screenings across the US of Breeders and you could also host one! In addition, the DVD of Breeders is also available and can be purchased. Or you can get it on demand on Vimeo too!
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Third-Party Reproduction Trilogy
The Third-Party Reproduction Trilogy includes all three of our films on third-party reproduction: Eggsploitation, Anonymous Father’s Day, and Breeders
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Follow the $$. Where does the money come from to fund the institute? Who pays the salaries?
Look at the funders. Look for connections with Opus Dei.
Of course the funders are opposed to all ART and birth control that is not the rhythm method.
This is what our allies want:
One mama, one papa, no birth control–esp. the pill or IUDs, no abortion (they think it’s murder), no ART , no gay couples.
well, not my allies – meant to say Your Allies.
I’m not someone who’d ally with Opus Dei types.
You know the anti-abortion people who picket clinics? Who yell names? Who bully? Who swarm women entering clinics? Because they morally disagree. And they justify their behaviour by claiming they are “saving the children?”
Congrats! Guess who is Just Like Them.
(Only they’re more politically saavy.)
Do they stop abortions through bulling tactics? Nope. Do they polarize the discussion and discredit themselves? Yep.
“Wow, these people are insane and terrible. Wow, just wow”
Master Luke
@TurnerLuke
Gotta be a more effective way to block people instead of doing it one at a time.
Master Luke
@TurnerLuke
People are the worst.
Bandit @banditref
It’s so sad that people think that a keyboard allows them to personally attack others.
Bandit
@banditref
What’s worse the only thing they have done is convince people that their whole cause as a group is horrible.
Bandit
@banditref
Anyway, no more fundraisers for cancer research or any other cause from me or the LB, it’s not worth putting up with the awful people.
Bandit
@banditref
All right. I’m outta here now.
Final thoughts:
You all need to figure something out.
Do you want to do effective activism? Or do you want to process your rage on the internet.
You can’t do both.