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US news
fromwww.npr.org
6 days ago

Why these women break the law to sell their eggs for IVF

Women in India are illegally selling eggs, undergoing repeated hormone stimulation and surgical retrievals to survive and supply a for-profit fertility market.
Medicine
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Why are sperm donors having hundreds of children?

A small share of screened men donate sperm, yet a few donors can father unusually large numbers of children across many countries.
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 month ago

Intention, creativity, & hope: LGBTQ+ family-building trends to watch in 2026 - LGBTQ Nation

LGBTQ+ people increasingly demand affirming, culturally competent fertility, surrogacy, adoption, and foster-care providers, prompting new certifications and higher expectations in 2026.
fromBoston.com
4 months ago

What to know about the viral surrogacy lawsuit

New reporting from Wired details the explosively acrimonious fallout of a deal gone horribly wrong, between a San Francisco venture capitalist and a single mother she engaged to be a pregnancy surrogate. The story, which has gone viral on social media, centers on an ambitious and exacting venture capitalist, Cindy Bi, and a woman referred to in the story as Rebecca Smith, a pseudonym to protect her privacy, who agreed to be a surrogate for Bi and her husband.
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