Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Who says IVF is not the commodification of babies?

This was advertized on my Sitemeter:






Oh and check out the URL:

http://www.attainivf.com/inmdweb/content/cons/attain/attainlandingpage7a.jsp?utm_source=SpecificMedia&utm_medium=728x90&utm_content=NewSuccessLesbianKIP&utm_campaign=Lesbian

They're selling babies, in effect. Oh sure, the babies aren't made, yet. But that's what it amounts to. This campaign happens to be targeted to lesbians. If you don't get a baby, you get a refund, guaranteed!

That just looks so sleazy. Practically child trafficking.You'd think the marketing people would be a little more sensitive about the issue. But that just speaks to the zeitgeist.

Ads for surrogate motherhood are not far behind.