Google Baby
Verzio FF "Google Baby" is a journey across three continents telling the story of the up and coming baby production industry — a story about outsourcing pregnancy. Doron, an Israeli entrepreneur with a high-tech background proposes a new service — baby production. He provides customers wit...
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| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
| Language: | English Hindi Hebrew |
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Brandcom
2009
Israel |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:9f07819d-352d-4599-be47-26fe4fa3df83 |
| Summary: | Verzio FF
"Google Baby" is a journey across three continents telling the story of the up and coming baby production industry — a story about outsourcing pregnancy. Doron, an Israeli entrepreneur with a high-tech background proposes a new service — baby production. He provides customers with a cost-effective solution: outsourcing pregnancy to India. The preferred genetic material is selected by the clients and the rest is left in the hands of the producer: sperm and eggs are purchased on-line and multiple embryos are produced and frozen. Packed in liquid nitrogen, only the embryos that fit the customer's preferences are shipped by air to India, where they are implanted into the wombs of local women who are paid for pregnancy and delivery and who renounce any rights to the babies they give birth to. The customers arrive only at the end of the nine-month pregnancy period to pick up their babies. Today, technology has turned "making a baby" into an act independent of sex. And globalization is making it affordable. All you need is a credit card. But what is the price paid by the women whose bodies are used for this flourishing enterprise? |
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| Published: | 2009 |