First Pizza, now progeny:
ordering babies online and the future of human reproduction
Jason Behrmann, PhDCEO, Founder
Gourmet Chez Toi
Benefits of take-out surrogacy
• “Streamlined” surrogacy– Remove unnecessary difficulties
• Remove barriers to reproduction– Costs, restricted mobility, discriminatory policies
• Surrogacy as legitimate business (controversial)– Empower surrogates?
Risks of take-out surrogacy
• Regulations: What regulations? – Complex, international law
• Out-of-sight surrogates– Hidden exploitation?
• Reproduction as a commodity; price on life
Take home message
• International surrogacy will grow
• Geographical borders; citizenship
• Possibility for disconnect with reproduction
• Future families WILL be dramatically different