New York Daily News: Surrogate Moms are Celebrity Incubators according to Linda Stasi
The Kim Kardashian surrogacy reveal has brought out plenty of critics – ready to use this case to offer uninformed opinions regarding surrogacy in general. Linda Stasi did just this in the New York Daily News on June 23, 2017. Stasi does a good job of adding provocative commentary to a sensational (and wholly uncommon) […]
The Holiday Cards Are Coming By Guest Blogger Ellen Glazer
In a few weeks the holiday cards will begin arriving. First a trickle–one or two a day –and then something of a family pictures tsunami. Working with infertile individuals and couples, I know how painful this can be. Many get to a point where they cannot even open these greetings of the season. Too many […]
I.V.F. Does Not Raise Breast Cancer Risk, Study Shows
New York Times, July 19.2016I.V.F. Does Not Raise Breast Cancer Risk, Study ShowsBY CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS
The Good Enough Donor
Several years ago, the notion of “the good enough mother” became popular in psychology. The idea was that striving for some idealized notion of parenthood was fruitless and even harmful. By contrast, parents who accepted that they could not be perfect, served themselves and their children well. Lately, I have been thinking about how this […]
On Surrogacy by Ellen Glazer
There was a piece on today’s Morning Edition (NPR) that began something like this, “Here’s a story of the lengths one couple went to have a baby.” As someone who counsels people struggling to build their families, my ears perked up, curious as to what would follow. The very short version, of what was a […]
Letter to the Times on the Uterine Transplant Article
Dr. Avner Hershlag, Chief of the Center for Human Reproduction of North Shore University Hospital, writes: I strongly object to Dr. Andreas G. Tzakis’s characterization of gestational carriers as ‘a class of people who rent their uterus.’ This is an insult to our patients and the women, often close relatives, who carry a baby for […]
Uterus Transplants in the News: Ethical Issues
Uterus Transplants May Soon Help Some Infertile Women in the U.S. Become Pregnant (New York Times, November 12, 2015) Author Denise Grady quotes Dr. Andreas G. Tzakis, the director of solid organ transplant surgery at the Cleveland Clinic on the ethics of uterine transplant (which he considers superior) versus surrogacy: “You create a class of people […]
“Egg Donors Want Room to Name Their Price”
The class action lawsuit filed in April 2011 will likely go to trial next year, according to a front page article in today’s NY Times. The suit claims that the ASRM’s guidelines capping donor compensation to 10K, although technically not a law, is in effect illegal price fixing. Some agencies have been flouting this cap for […]
Frozen vs Fresh Donor Eggs: JAMA article published study
This study was based only on the self-reported statistics by the participating SART clinics; available on the SART Web site. It is no surprise that frozen are somewhat less successful; these statistics have always been clear, although they are improving. Still, frozen offers a number of advantages over fresh, such as the elimination of cycle […]
Sanford Benardo quoted in New York Post Article
Unborn Child Faces Uncertain Fate in Sherri Shepherd’s Divorce War. http://nypost.com/2014/07/14/unborn-child-faces-uncertain-fate-in-sherri-shepherds-divorce-war/
