HIV Discrimination for Africa’s Pregnant Women

Many African women with HIV who are pregnant, or want to become pregnant, suffer discrimination.

International egg surrogacy

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An egg from an American female donor is fertilized with sperm from an Israeli man who takes the fertilized egg to India to grow in the womb of an Indian woman. The outsourcing of surrogacy is the topic of Zippi Brand Frank’s documentary, “Google Baby”, which is airing on HBO. Katy Clark speaks with Zippi Brand Frank about the international business of surrogacy. Download MP3

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• HBO Google Baby

Baby boom

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They have been called the “Kreppa babies” – just over nine months after this country’s banking sector collapsed, this country is experiencing a baby boom. Deliveries are up about 3.5 per cent so far this year, putting the volcanic Atlantic island on course to record its most annual births for at least half a century. Also, check out Alda Sigmundsdóttir’s blog.