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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

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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

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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

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Los Angeles Review of Books

Desperately Seeking Kin: Genetic Longing in the Donor Gamete Context

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By Diane Tober, PhD

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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

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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

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Interviews

WIRED

WIRED

Women 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 Donations

The Rise of Human Egg Donations

In this podcast, Dr. Tober speaks with Kellee Marlow on the rise of human egg donations.

Long-term Research on Egg Donors?

Long-term Research on Egg Donors?

Jana Rupnow, LPC and Dr. Diane Tober discuss her research with egg donors.

KQED Forum--Egg Freezing

KQED Forum--Egg Freezing

Tonya Mosley, Dr. Diane Tober, and Dr. Aimee Eyvazzadeh discuss benefits and risks of egg freezing.

Romancing the Sperm?

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, TLS

Sperm and Sensibility, TLS

Michelle Pridmore-Brown reviews Dr. Tober's book for the Times Literary Supplement.