
I don’t know of any organization that has done more to focus on the problems associated with reproductive technologies than the The Center for Bioethics and Culture (for which I am a paid consultant). The CBC is now following up the successes of its two previous documentaries (most recently, the award winning Eggsploitation), with a film about the pain caused to children born of sperm donation or other technologies who never know their father. Here’s a link. Above is a preview of coming attractions. If you’d like to donate to the project, no one will stop you. : )
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