Documentary upsets women
PA Wellington An adoption documentary, “Desperately Seeking Baby,” actively promoted the exploitation of women, a spokesperson for the Aotearoa Birth Mothers’ Support Group said yesterday. The American-made documentary was screened by TVI on Wednesday evening. A member of the group’s collective, Ms Karen Svendsen, said the programme “actively promoted the exploitation of women who are single, vulnernable and pregnant in the worst possible way. ” Ms Svendsen said she had received several distressed calls from birth mothers upset by the programme’s bias. “Considering there are approximately 100,000 birth mothers in New Zealand, how many more were affected by this programme?” She said the documentary promoted a system of private adoption which “reduced pregnant women’s status to that of breeding machines and babies to commodities which can be bought and sold."
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19890902.2.19
Bibliographic details
Press, 2 September 1989, Page 3
Word Count
132Documentary upsets women Press, 2 September 1989, Page 3
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in