HeyReprotech

October 2025

August 2025

SUMMER REPLAY: What I tell my daughters

Technology is all fine and well, but when I give advice to my daughters about fertility and infertility, I talk mostly about how to avoid it.

Aug 26

SUMMER REPLAY: How often do "bad" embryos lead to "good" babies?

Fifty women decided to transfer embryos that testing had condemned. Here's what happened.

Aug 19

SUMMER REPLAY: Donor kids get company stock

This sperm donor provides financial help to biological offspring without interfering in their lives.

Aug 12

SUMMER REPLAY: Barwin's other casualties

Revelations that Norman Barwin was the biological father of two of his patients' children made headlines. But that news overshadowed other improprieties…

Aug 5

July 2025

SUMMER REPLAY: How Canada became an international surrogacy destination

The quick recognition of legal parentage, a commitment not to discriminate and high-quality publicly funded healthcare combine to make Canada one of the…

Jul 29

SUMMER REPLAY: What it's like to transport eggs and embryos around the globe

It's not uncommon these days for assisted reproduction to involve a lot of travel — at least for the reproductive materials. A courier gives me the…

Jul 22

SUMMER REPLAY: "I'm deeply concerned about how the United States treats egg donors"

Support groups are meant to support. But sometimes you learn too much.

Jul 15

SUMMER REPLAY: Guaranteed Baby Success 100% Refund Package

The guarantee is that you'll get your money back — or some of it — if things don't work out. But there's something about the way these offers are worded…

Jul 8

All summer, HeyReprotech will be replaying stories from the archives

Since 2022, I've been using the summer weeks to revisit some HeyReprotech posts from the past.

Jul 1

March 2025

Sixteen stories about donor conception

From the archive

Mar 18