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Student debt is driving more Americans to donate their eggs — and some suffer lasting complications.
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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.
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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.
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By Diane Tober, PhD
Los Angeles Review of Books
Desperately Seeking Kin: Genetic Longing in the Donor Gamete Context
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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.
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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.
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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. |