“Eggsploitation” nominated for Best Documentary in California Film Festival
Word has just been received that the film Eggsploitation has been nominated for Best Documentary in the 2011 California Independent Film Festival.
Eggsploitation, produced by The Center for Bioethics and Culture, “spotlights the booming business of human eggs told through the tragic and revealing stories of real women who became involved and whose lives have been changed forever,” according to the website.
I’ve written before about the physical harm of egg harvesting to women, not to mention concerns over exploitation of women as human hens. Even liberal feminists are apprehensive. So the film’s growing publicity and affirmation is welcome news.
Eggsploitation is making the rounds on college campuses, from whence almost all egg donors are recruited.
While egg donations are usually touted for infertile couples, they are also coveted for embryonic stem cell research. The dirty little secret of escr is that there aren’t enough eggs for it, even as proponents often sell it as a way to use “‘leftover’ embryos” otherwise headed for destruction.
The dvd is available for sale.
Here’s the trailer…
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
Thanks for what you do for Life, Jill. Along the lines of eggs-for-sale, have you read Brian Gail’s Motherless? While it is fiction, it is based on fact. Any chance of highlighting Brian and his books (the Fatherless,Motherless,Childless trilogy)? They are easy reads of difficult issues that everyone should be aware of – especially Catholics and those involved in the prolife movements and in healthcare – especially ‘women’s health.’ Just thought this was a good opportunity to recommend them. Thanks and God bless.