HeyReprotech's March roundup of events and good reads

Below, your monthly roundup of some interesting upcoming events and ongoing studies, plus a few good reads. If you are interested in casual news updates, please follow @HeyReprotech on Twitter, where I try to send out news as I come across it.

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Upcoming events and studies

23 Mar - Lincoln Alexander School of Law free webinar - Assisted Reproductive Technologies: COVID-19 and Beyond

25 Mar - Men Having Babies in-person conference - Surrogacy Options for Israeli Gay Men

26 Mar - Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society in-person Embryology Summit - Eggs and Embryos: Everything from Quality to Transportation

27-30 Apr - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Thomas Jefferson University, in-person meeting - Jefferson Infertility Counseling Conference

17 May - British Menopause Society - Hot Topics in Menopause Care

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

Ongoing - University of Birmingham - Survey of LGBTQ+ parents

Ongoing - anonymous online survey  Fathers and Partners - Mental Health and Emotional Well Being During the Perinatal Period

A few good reads

Sophie Hardach. "How 'family' is being redefined for the modern world." BBC. 21 Feb 2022.

Aviva Coopersmith. "The Lie That Made Me." Toronto Life. 22 Feb 2022.

Jacqueline Mroz. "When an Ancestry Search Reveals Fertility Fraud." The New York Times. 28 Feb 2022.

Anna Louie Sussman. "Would You Share Your Frozen Eggs? For some women, planning for the future means co-creating someone else’s present." The Cut. 01 Dec 2021.