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| Egg Freezing: Risks to Women and Children Unknown by Marcy Darnovsky, RH Reality CheckAugust 29th, 2011Recent media accounts of egg freezing typically acknowledge the inadequate follow-up studies of children born after the procedure. But they neglect to mention the known – though also under-studied – risks of egg retrieval for women.
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| If You Really, Really Wanted a Girl...by Pam Belluck, New York TimesAugust 20th, 2011Tests using DNA to determine a fetus’s sex were shown to be remarkably accurate, but the tests also raise ethical questions: whether couples will abort fetuses of an unwanted sex.
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| Is Hollywood turning surrogacy into a trend?by Joanne Richard, Toronto SunAugust 16th, 2011There's a baby boom in Hollywood and celebrity surrogacy is front and center. Celebrity surrogacy could in fact be a trend, says Dr. Stuart Fischoff. After all, a baby bump is not for everyone.
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| Sex Cells: New book by Rene Almelingby Emily Beitiks, Biopolical TimesAugust 12th, 2011A new book by sociologist Rene Almeling explores gender and emerging markets for eggs and sperm.
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| Surrogacy Scandal Raises Question About Regulationby Julie Watson, Associated PressAugust 11th, 2011Renowned surrogacy lawyer Theresa Erickson was working the system to become an international baby broker, running a birthing factory out of the Ukraine that duped at least a dozen American couples into paying $150,000 for children they thought were being adopted legally. |
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