HeyReprotech's October roundup

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Events

30 Oct - 05 Nov - UK - National Fertility Awareness Week

02 Nov - Society for Ethics in Egg Donation and Surrogacy (SEEDS) - fall conference

05 Nov - documentary film at Big Apple Film Festival - Anything you lose

14 Nov - interactive Zoom performance about transnational surrogacy, English - Global Belly_Zoom

23-25 Nov - in-person conference - Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Infertility (COGI)

02 Dec - Culture and Reproductive Body Network in-person symposium - Twentieth-Century Culture and the Reproductive Body Symposium

06 Dec - Progress Educational Trust annual conference, in-person - How Much Change Do We Want? Updating Fertility, Embryo and Surrogacy Law

Reads

Patrick Butler. "The hidden abortions of Newfoundland’s 'Bible Belt.'" CBC. 30 Oct 2023.

Dyani Lewis. "Menopausal chimpanzees deepen the mystery of why women stop reproducing." Nature. 26 Oct 2023.

Michelle Roberts. "Scientists: Allow forbidden 28-day embryo experiments." BBC.com. 25 Oct 2023.

Ellen Trachman. "Surrogate Marries, Then Divorces, The Intended Father. Is The Surrogate The Baby’s Legal Parent?" Above the Law. 18 Oct 2023.

Listens

"IVF add-ons." Woman's Hour. BBC Sounds. 19 Oct 2023. [min 4:00 - 13:40]

Louise McLoughlin. "Donor babies: A question of identity." BBC sounds. 26 Sep 2023.

Academic papers

Leah Gilman et al. "Direct-to-consumer genetic testing and the changing landscape of gamete donor conception: key issues for practitioners and stakeholders." Reproductive Biomedicine Online. 22 Sep 2023.

Lisa Shandley et al. "Trends and Outcomes of Assisted Reproductive Technology Cycles Using a Gestational Carrier Between 2014 and 2020." JAMA. 18 Oct 2023.

Heather Jacobson et al. "Im/mobility in the transnational surrogacy market: disruptions and vulnerabilities in and beyond pandemic times." Applied Mobilities. 26 Oct 2023.

Resources

ConnecteDNA. University of Manchester. "Preparing for Contact."

Handbook of Andrology. Third edition.

Studies

Centre for Reproduction Research, De Montfort University - Fertility Treatment: The Male Experience

London School of Economics -  IVF, BMI and You

University College London - Survey about long-term health of men affected by fertility problems

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

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

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

Leeds Beckett University - The online sperm donation project

University of Leicester - Children's voices in surrogacy law

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

University of Birmingham - Survey of LGBTQ+ parents