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Student debt is driving more Americans to donate their eggs — and some suffer lasting complications.
By Diane Tober, PhD
Boston Review
All Reproduction is Assisted
The assisted/natural dichotomy will always be stuck in outmoded notions of binary oppositions. A feminist future must move forward without these limitations.
By Diane Tober, PhD
Undark
The Politics of Women's Eggs
Scientists are eager to pay women for their eggs. They’re less interested in studying the health impacts of donation.
By Diane Tober, PhD
Los Angeles Review of Books
Desperately Seeking Kin: Genetic Longing in the Donor Gamete Context
By Diane Tober, PhD
Impact Ethics
Compensating Egg Donors: United States vs Spain
Compensating egg donors is a hot button issue. Here, Dr. Tober examines how different compensation schemes intersect with donors' decisions and experiences.
By Diane Tober, PhD
Scholars Strategy Network
The Case for Ending Anonymity for Egg and Sperm Donation
With direct-to-consumer genetic testing, anonymity is already obsolete; U.S. policy simply has not caught up with modern technology.
By Diane Tober, PhD
Interviews
 WIREDWomen across the US are being paid to donate their eggs to aspiring parents. The business is well paid, under-regulated, and little studied. |  The Rise of Human Egg DonationsIn this podcast, Dr. Tober speaks with Kellee Marlow on the rise of human egg donations. |  Long-term Research on Egg Donors?Jana Rupnow, LPC and Dr. Diane Tober discuss her research with egg donors. |
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 KQED Forum--Egg FreezingTonya Mosley, Dr. Diane Tober, and Dr. Aimee Eyvazzadeh discuss benefits and risks of egg freezing. |  Romancing the Sperm?Dr. Aimee Eyvazzadeh interviews Dr. Tober about her new book, Romancing the Sperm, and her current research with egg donors. |  Sperm and Sensibility, TLSMichelle Pridmore-Brown reviews Dr. Tober's book for the Times Literary Supplement. |