Episode 152 (Epilogue): Surrogacy

BIRTH IN THE NEWS: 

Manatee County Hires Armed Security Personnel in Schools
MIT Hackathon Thinkers Revisit Breast Pump

TONIGHT'S SHOW:
Tonight, Dana filled in for Ryan as she and Laura discussed all angles of surrogacy in part two of our two part series on third party reproduction. We heard from feminist and anti-surrogacy activist Kathy Sloan, Open Arms Consulting Agency owner Souad Dreyfus, two anonymous surrogates and Candace Wohl of Our Misconception and I'm Desperate to Have a Baby.

RESOURCES WE MENTIONED:
--Jack Newman’s induced lactation protocol
--The Gift of Life birth video
--Our Misconception blog
--Breeders: A Subclass of Women

Episode 149 (Epilogue): Egg Donation

Birth in the News: 

• Human Milk 4 Human Babies
• Black Breastfeeding Week
• Undercover Colors
• Sarasota Primary Election

This week's topic (Egg Donation):

This week we began a two part series on third party reproduction with a look at egg donation. Here is the trailer for the documentary film Eggsploitation, by Jennifer Lahl with contributions from one of our guests, feminist and NOW Board Member Kathy Sloan.

Kathy then offered her perspective, which is illustrated in this piece, Abuses of Women's Human Rights in Third Party Reproduction. We then heard the beginning of the story of egg donor Justine Griffin, author of The Cost of Life, a special feature of the Sarasota Herald Tribune, which contains many resources, videos, and 'extras' in addition to the long form narrative story. She mentioned the Donor Sibling Registry, its founders book Finding our Families, and referred to the American Society of Reproductive Medicine in her discussion.

We then heard from Souad Dreyfus, owner of Open Arms Consultants, an agency that matches intended parents with egg donors and/or surrogate mothers. The law regarding these practices can be found here and here.

Finally, Justine pointed us to We Are Egg Donors, a collection of resources compiled by egg donors, for egg donors.

Part two of the series will air on September 16th and explore surrogacy.

Episode 149: Egg Donation and Surrogacy

Join the Conversation on Tuesday, August 26th at 6pm ET as Laura and Ryan explore the multi-faceted world of egg donation and surrogacy. We'll hear from NOW board member Kathy Sloan, egg donor Justine Griffin (author of "Cost of Life"), surrogate mothers and more. Have a question for our hosts or guests? Please email us or post to our facebook page.

Tune into WSLR 96.5 LPFM or online at www.wslr.org tonight, Tuesday, August 26th at 6:00pm ET. The program will also available later in the evening via podcast at maternallyyoursradio.com.

For more information, please contact the hostesses of Maternally Yours at MaternallyYoursRadio@gmail.com, or on our facebook page at facebook.com/maternallyyours.

Maternally Yours, 

Laura, Ryan and Dana