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Egg Donation

Which Comes First: The Woman or Her Eggs?

Ruha Benjamin, Ph.D. | Posted 04.18.2013 | Science
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Ruha Benjamin, Ph.D.

if we're going to support a "right to stem cell research," then we need to guarantee a right to health in the form of serious investment in egg donor safety. As it stands, we're crafting a pro-science policy arena that's not necessarily pro-health.

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California Egg Donation Bill Faces Backlash

The Sacramento Bee | Melody Gutierrez | Posted 05.10.2013 | San Francisco
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Five years ago, Alice Crisci froze her eggs, knowing she could be left infertile after chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer. Now, cancer-free and...

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I Donated My Eggs For The Money -- And I Don't Regret It

Jasmine Stein | Posted 04.29.2013 | Women
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Jasmine Stein

For women it sometimes feels like once we get to a certain age, we are destined to hand over control of our bodies to another being, along with whatever hopes and dreams we had for ourselves.

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New York Nanny Gets Disturbing Request

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.07.2012 | Home
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It’s not uncommon for nannies to become one of the family, but one New York mother took that notion a bit too far. The wife of a New York City f...

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Don't Pity Us Because We Don't Want Kids. Be Happy for Us.

Norma Lizeth Morales | Posted 12.09.2012 | Women
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Norma Lizeth Morales

I could not be happier for loved ones who choose to become parents. For some it is their true calling. But for others, myself and my husband included, it isn't. If you are our friends and loved ones, be happy for us. Because we are.

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Number Of Students Turning To Sugar Daddies Has 'Exploded'

The Huffington Post | Meredith Bennett-Smith | Posted 09.19.2012 | Home
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Rising college prices and a still-recovering economy means funds are hard to find for many college students. And don't think the solution lies at home...

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Is Surrogacy on Its Way to Becoming 'The New Normal'?

Fred Silberberg | Posted 08.20.2012 | Parents
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Fred Silberberg

Understanding surrogacy's legal structure and its step-by-step process can help make the process more manageable and allow parents-to-be to realize the joy which surrogacy can bring.

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Infertility: An Age-Old Problem

Mache Seibel, MD | Posted 06.25.2012 | Healthy Living
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Mache Seibel, MD

Although there have been tremendous advances over the past 30 years to give many couples the possibility of having a baby who might otherwise not have been able to have one, one thing hasn't changed: the impact of age.

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Will 'Open Adoption' Lead To 'Open Donation'? Should It?

Lisa Belkin | Posted 05.22.2012 | Parents
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Lisa Belkin

If nearly all domestic adoptions of infants are some degree of "open", isn't it time to make that the norm when it comes to sperm and egg donation, too?

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Katherine Bindley

Is It An Egg Or A 'Gift'? Inside The Marketing Of Reproductive Donation

HuffingtonPost.com | Katherine Bindley | Posted 11.20.2011 | Women
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What really goes on behind the closed doors of sperm banks and other institutions that broker the exchange of reproductive materials for money? Tha...

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WATCH: Amy Schumer Sells Her Eggs To Pay The Bills

Posted 06.28.2011 | Comedy
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Amy Schumer is broke, alone and desperate. At least she is in her latest video "Eggs," where the comedian finds her life in shambles and comes to the ...

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Donor Egg Love

Joyce McFadden | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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Joyce McFadden

I often think about the young woman known in my household as Angel Cate, whose egg made this child possible.

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Have Debt? Sell Eggs

Campus Overload | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
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Rack up some debt over spring break that you need to pay off? For women attending top universities with high SAT scores, an egg donation could earn yo...

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Egg Donation: More Money For Blondes? (VIDEO)

ABC News | Posted 08.22.2012 | Healthy Living
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For women, egg donation may be very well be the next get rich quick scheme. That is, if you're genetically well-endowed. Women possessing "favorable a...

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Let Me See You Work Them Eggs

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
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Jilly Gagnon

I told you not to lie to me about your family's history of kidney disease! Why you gotta play me that way? Probably have a history of cardiac incidents at a young age, too, huh?

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