HeyReprotech's October roundup
Attend, read, listen, participate...
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