HeyReprotech's October roundup

Ongoing studies, recent academic papers, good reads, good listens and some upcoming events.

Ongoing studies

Leeds Beckett - The online sperm donation project

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

California Northstate University College of Health Sciences - Attachment and lie detection in donor-conceived adults

University of Leicester - Children's voices in surrogacy law

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

University of Adelaide - Men's psychosocial needs when diagnosed with male infertility

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

University of Birmingham - Survey of LGBTQ+ parents

Academic papers

Sindre Petersen et al. "Risk of Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy After Fresh and Frozen Embryo Transfer in Assisted Reproduction: A Population-Based Cohort Study With Within-Sibship Analysis." Hypertension. 26 Sep 2022.

Daniel Groll. "Gamete donation: anti-anonymity does not equate to anti-donation." Human Reproduction Open. 04 Oct 2022.

Sarka Lisonkova et al. "Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Perinatal Health of Infants Conceived by ART." Pediatrics. 19 Oct 2022.

Good reads

Jenny Kleeman."‘We are expected to be OK with not having children’: how gay parenthood through surrogacy became a battleground." The Guardian. 01 Oct 2022.

Maria Varenikova and Andrew Kramer. Photos by Lynsey Addario. "How Ukraine's surrogate mothers have survived the war." The New York Times.  16 Oct 2022.

Emily Feng. "Chinese families navigate a maze of laws and COVID rules to have babies in the U.S." NPR. 22 Oct 2022.

Good listen

Jen White. "One in six: a fertility journey." CBC Listen.

Upcoming events

22-26 Oct - American Society for Reproductive Medicine in-person annual meeting - Genes, gametes, and genetics: What will the future hold?

02 Nov - Progress Educational Trust free online event - 30 years of ICSI: An injection of hope for male infertility

10 Nov - Monash Bioethics Centre online seminar - The maternal imprint

14 Nov - Center for Genetics and Society online event - Forging new disability rights narratives about heritable genome editing

16 Nov - Progress Educational Trust free online event - Your guide to genetics and genomics in the fertility clinic

23 Nov - Progress Educational Trust free online event - Till death do us part: Embryos and gametes after death, divorce or separation

07 Dec - Progress Educational Trust paid online event - Annual conference: Making fertility treatment fair

10-13 Jan - in-person meeting of the British Fertility Society and the Association of Reproductive and Clinical Scientists - Reproduction in an ageing world

12-13 Jan - University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, in-person - Reproductive Ethics Conference

13 Jan - Politics of Reproduction online speakers series - Empirical research on assisted reproduction in Canada

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