Eggsploitation

2010 • 45 minutes

About this movie

The infertility industry in the United States has grown to a multi-billion dollar business. What is its main commodity? Human eggs. Young women all over the world are solicited by ads—via college campus bulletin boards, social media, online classifieds—offering up to $100,000 for their "donated" eggs, to "help make someone's dream come true." But who is this egg donor? Is she treated justly? What are the short- and long-term risks to her health? The answers to these questions will disturb you . . .

Produced by The Center for Bioethics and Culture (Lines That Divide, 2009), Eggsploitation spotlights the booming business of human eggs told through the tragic and revealing stories of real women who became involved and whose lives have been changed forever.

Ratings and reviews

Women have worked so hard to come so far in order to shed the assumption that we are merely sex and baby-making machines. The infertility industry is making millions preying on women by buying the reproductive abilities of some in order to sell to another. This is degrading to both sets of women. It tells young women that, despite their IQ or educational achievements, it's their sex organs that are of the most value. It tells other women that without those reproductive abilities, they are incomplete and have less value as women. Taking advantage of vulnerable young women, using either their empathy and/or financial situation with disregard for their health or safety is so unethical it makes my blood boil.