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Reminder
On Friday November 15, I will be moderating an online discussion with sperm donors as part of the University of Waterloo's "Politics of Reproduction" speakers series. It's called Are Sperm Donors Really So Different From Other Volunteers? I hope you can join us.
Announcements
Canada's largest province, Ontario (population 16 million), has announced it intends to introduce a tax credit to offset the high costs of assisted reproduction. It also announced that it will expand an already-existing program that funds a single cycle of IVF and unlimited IUIs to eligible Ontarians.
Reads
Harriet Barber. "Surrogacy ring accused of exploiting vulnerable women in Argentina." The Guardian. 22 Oct 2024.
Hannah Devlin, Tom Burgis, David Pegg and Jason Wilson. "US startup charging couples to 'screen embryos for IQ.'" The Guardian. 18 Oct 2024.
Tomoko Otake. "Testing for desirable embryos inconsistent and unreliable, new study says." The Japan Times. 17 Oct 2024.
Maia Davies. "Italy bans couples from travelling abroad for surrogacy." BBC. 16 Oct 2024.
Jean Guerrero. "I froze my egg to reclaim my right to rest." New York Times. 14 Oct 2024.
Kristen Brown. "They Were Made Without Eggs or Sperm. Are They Human?" The Atlantic. 08 Oct 2024.
Geeta Pandey. "'Our son died. Now we can use his sperm to have a grandchild'." BBC. 09 Oct 2024.
Events
30 Oct - HFEA and Girton College in-person conference - Mary Warnock at 100 - The Past, Present and Future of Assisted Reproduction
09 Nov - Donor Conception Network in-person workshop for prospective parents - Getting Started
09 Nov - Nordic Model Now!'s in-person conference - Women For Sale: Private Matter or Public Crisis?
15 Nov - University of Waterloo online Politics of Reproduction Speakers' Series - Are Sperm Donors Really So Different From Other Volunteers?
21-22 Nov - University of Ottawa in-person conference - Governing Reproduction: Exploring Law and Politics
8-11 Jan - in-person British Fertility Society, Society for Reproduction and Fertility and Association of Reproductive and Clinical Scientists conference - Reproduction - Facts, Myths and Evidence
Studies
University of Texas Medical Branch - Healthcare Professionals’ Views on Assisted Reproductive Technology for the LGBTQ Population
University of Sheffield - The Digital Donor Conception Study
University of Bristol, University of Kent, University of Liverpool - Children's Voices in Surrogacy Law
University College London - Health Outcomes in Subfertile Men
Fertility Alliance - Patient Survey
University of Kent - Egg freezing For Social Reasons
University of Ottawa, University of Waterloo, University of Manitoba and others - Surrogates' Voices
University of Birmingham - Survey of LGBTQ+ parents
Findings and reflections from previously listed studies:
Contact Project: The experience of gamete donors contacted by their donor offspring
How do contacts between gamete donors and donor-conceived people unfold?
How do gamete donors react when they are contacted by someone born from their donation?
Online Sperm Donation Project: Reflections on data collection and a thank you to our participants
Academic papers
Shinichi Namba et al. "Inconsistent embryo selection across polygenic score methods." Nature Human Behaviour. 14 Oct 2024.
Nona Sargisian et al. "Congenital heart defects in children born after assisted reproductive technology: a CoNARTaS study." European Heart Journal. 26 Sep 2024.
Ruby Lake et al. "Informed consent and coercion in recruitment advertisements for oocyte donors." BMC Women's Health. 20 Sep 2024.
Recommendation
"Insights from research on family building with donor eggs, sperm, and embryos. We share digestible summaries of peer-reviewed research examining the experiences of donor-conceived individuals, donors, parents, and family-building professionals."
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