Australian surrogacy broker jailed in Cambodia
by Xavier Symons | 5 Aug 2017 |
Davis-Charles was arrested last November after a government crackdown on commercial surrogacy. The woman, who herself has young twins born via surrogacy, had been operating a clinic called Fertility Solutions PGD in Phnom Penh since 2014. The clinic had catered mainly to Australian couples.
Experts say that “surrogacy is in its dying days” in Cambodia, with the government passing interim measures — valid until January 2018 and only applying to babies already born or in utero — to allow foreign parents to take children born to surrogates out of the country.
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A new play showing in London offers a poignant portrayal of the ethical complexities of commercial surrogacy. Vivienne Franzmann’s Bodies tells the story of affluent British couple who, after years of trying in vain to have their own child, commission a surrogate in India to bring their baby to term.While the arrangement begins well, details emerge throughout the play of family tensions, emotional trauma, and desperation in the lives of both the Western couple and the surrogate. The play has received positive reviews, and provides powerful insight into the ethically problematic nature of the international surrogacy market.
“Bodies reminds us that decisions about surrogacy cannot be made without considering fully the plight of surrogate mothers”, wrote The Lancet senior editor Marco De Ambrogi.
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Saturday, August 5, 2017 |
We have a number of very important stories this week: a paper in Nature about gene-editing human embryos, a rise in euthanasia figures in the Netherlands, some appalling news about commercial surrogacy in India... plus a great interview with Yale bioethicist Lydia S. Dugdale about death and dying.
But, for better or worse, this is a day for shameless self-promotion. Sorry. I have just published a book, The Great Human Dignity Heist, a collection of short essays on topics ranging from IVF to paleo-archaeology to polio epidemics to euthanasia and cannibalism. Its lurid sub-title is How bioethicists are trashing the foundations of Western civilization.
If you live in Sydney, you are invited to a book launch at 1pm on this coming Thursday, August 10, at Parliament House, Macquarie Street, Sydney. Professor Margaret Somerville will be the main speaker. (RSVP to mcook@mercatornet.com.)
And of course, if you cannot make it, feel free to order a book online
In the US and Canada from Amazon (feel free to leave a review of the book!)
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Cheers
Michael Cook
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BioEdge
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An Australian nurse has been found guilty by a Cambodian Court of running an illegal surrogacy business.by Xavier Symons | Aug 05, 2017
A British PhD candidate has warned of the darker side of a transhumanist future.| IN DEPTH THIS WEEK | |
by Lydia S Dugdale | Aug 04, 2017
We need to recover a religious sense of dying, an ars moriendi.BioEdge
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