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HeyReprotech's February roundup

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HeyReprotech's February roundup

Feb 28
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Upcoming events

01 Mar - Progress Educational Trust, free online meeting - When to stop storage: Improving conversations about unused embryos

01-02 Mar - Royal College of Surgeons, in person meeting - The future of reproductive health

03 Mar - Politics of Reproduction online speaker series - Continuing conversations about indigenous peoples' reproductive (in)justice(s) and health

03-04 Mar - The Centre of Bioethics and Emerging Technologies at St Mary’s University and Scottish Council for Human Bioethics, in-person event - Heritable genome editing and equality (Program)

04 Mar - Stop Designer Babies, Alliance for Humane Biotechnology, Gen-ethisches Netzwerk, GeneEthics, free in-person and online teach-in and planning day - Designer baby eugenics and how to stop it

6-8 Mar - Royal Society, UK Academy of Medical Sciences, US National Academies of Sciences and Medicine and The World Academy of Sciences, free in-person and online meeting - Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing

07 Mar - Coalition Internationale pour l'abolition de la Maternite de Substitution, in-person and Zoom panel discussion - For women's rights, deconstructing reproductive surrogacy

09 Mar - Stop Designer Babies, Alliance for Humane Biotechnology, Gen-ethisches Netzwerk, GeneEthics, free mini-conference - Why your movement should oppose designer babies

12-14 Mar - in-person meeting - 13th Congress of the Pacific Society for Reproductive Medicine

15 Mar - Progress Educational Trust, free online meeting - Fertility-friendly workplaces? Attitudes to assisted conception and employment

24 Mar - in-person film showing and discussion - The problem of anonymity: A film showing of Offspring (2001) and a discussion of donor anonymity in the digital age

30 Mar-01 Apr - in-person meeting of the adoption, assisted conception and NPE communities - The Untangling Our Roots summit

31 Mar - Lincoln Alexander School of Law's Research Group on Health Law and Innovation and the Politics of Reproduction Research Group, online panel discussion - Experiences with egg freezing: Reporting on empirical research

01 Apr - Institute for Women's Health, free, in-person conference and celebration - Human Reproduction: Past, Present and Future

19 Apr  - Progress Educational Trust, free online meeting - Surrogacy Law: What is intended...for parents? For Surrogates? For children?

26-29 Apr - in-person conference - Jefferson Infertility Counseling Conference

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Ongoing studies

Universite du Quebec en Outaouais - Experience of sperm or egg donors who have been contacted by a donor offspring

University of Kent - Egg freezing for social reasons

Institute for Women's Health, University College London - Let's talk menopause

Toronto Metropolitan University and University of Waterloo - Elective egg freezing in Canada: Towards appropriate legislation governing consent

University College London - Patient and public involvement group on male subfertility and long-term health

Leeds Beckett University - The online sperm donation project

University of Waterloo, University of Ottawa and Toronto Metropolitan University - Ova obscura: Egg donors in Canada

University of Leicester - Children's voices in surrogacy law

University of Ottawa - Surrogacy laws in Canada: Exploring intended parents' experiences and perspectives

ConnecteDNA, University of Manchester - One-on-one interviews with donors, parents and donor-conceived adults

University of Birmingham - Survey of LGBTQ+ parents

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Good reads

Alex Cyr. "Meet the parents." Toronto Life. 16 Feb 2023.

Jenny Johnston. "Twins? No, but this couple's baby boys were born just five months apart after a terrifying tale that raises grave questions about modern-day surrogacy." The Daily Mail. 18 Feb 2023.

Sarah Ivens. "One woman reveals what it's really like to carry another lady's baby, and say goodbye." Glamour. 23 Feb 2023.

Tory Shepherd. "Strange but ultimately positive genetic discovery reveals up to 1,000 relatives linked to prolific sperm donor." The Guardian. 25 Feb 2023.

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Good listens

James Gallegher. "Sperm counts." Inside Health, BBC. 21 Feb 2023.

From the archive

"What's a uterus worth?" HeyReprotech. 13 Nov 2018.

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