- Sarah Seltzer says Baby Mama rejects its own premise: “Both characters essentially get punished for their surrogacy choice, only to be redeemed by the magic formula of heterosexual boinking.” Rebecca Traister says the movie proves funny and feminist can go together. (My two cents here.)
- California schemin’: Jennifer Lahl examines California’s new “egg-sharing” proposal.
- Planet of the Half-Apes? Ron Bailey, Matt Yglesias, and James Poulos discuss the “humanzee.”
- Mombian says the “gayby boom” is old news.
- The Repro-Lit boom: Yes, it’s yet another infertility memoir.
- A new blog for parents via egg donation.
- Rupert Walder reports on the abortion debate in Europe.
- Feministing asks about the “missing” baby girls in India. Plus, a new blog on the topic. (William Saletan looks at how new technology has facilitated sex selection in the U.S.)
- “Experiments in living”: Practical Ethics considers the pregnant man and other conceptual oddities.
Conceptions
May 1, 2008