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Annual book list 2025

Jan 14, 2025 | heyreprotech.com | Alison Motluk

Once again this year, I'm delighted to list some new books in the field of assisted reproduction. I'm sure this is only a fraction of what has come out, but I hope you find at least one title you didn't already know about. Kudos, as always, to the authors. As I mentioned in last week's post, after today, HeyReprotech will be pausing for a bit. I may pop back in from time to time, but for the most part, the newsletter will remain silent. All payments are paused.
HeyReprotech will be pausing for a while

Jan 7, 2025 | heyreprotech.com | Alison Motluk

Dear Readers,Next week, I will publish a list of recent books in the field of assisted reproduction, as I have done every new year since HeyReprotech began. Following the new books item, the newsletter will fall silent for a while. I don't know yet for how long. After almost seven years of weekly newsletter deadlines, it's become clear to me that I need to take a break. All payments have been paused.
HeyReprotech is on winter hiatus, but Happy New Year, and thank you

Dec 31, 2024 | heyreprotech.com | Alison Motluk

Photo credit: Andrea Piacqyaduio via PexelsMany thanks to my proofreaders, to the people who send tips and ideas, to the people who send their thoughts and comments, and to all of you who take the time to read and think about the stories in this newsletter. I can't tell you how much I appreciate you!See you in 2025!
HeyReprotech is on winter hiatus, but here are a few updates on some stories from the past year

Dec 24, 2024 | heyreprotech.com | Alison Motluk

These stories will be unpaywalled until the end of the year. What I learned from looking at one Ontario woman's $100,000+ expenditure on fertility treatment. HeyReprotech. 12 Dec 2023. This story was about lessons learned from an Ontario woman who spent $117,684.43 on fertility treatment in Ontario, and still didn't have a child. Update:The woman and her husband did yet another round of IVF, which resulted in four good embryos.
HeyReprotech is on winter hiatus, but here's a podcast you might find interesting

Dec 17, 2024 | heyreprotech.com | Alison Motluk

Jenny Kleeman. "The Gift." BBC Sounds. 2023, 2024. "Without us realizing, an enormous DNA database has been created online. But what happens when online ancestry tests reveal more than you had bargained for?"In particular, check out:Series 1, episode 1: "Fraud."Series 1, episode 3: "Mistakes."Series 2, episode 3: "Sold."Series 2, episode 6: "Superdonor."Share
Quebec recognizes the right to know one's origins

Dec 10, 2024 | heyreprotech.com | Alison Motluk

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Canada rethinks posthumous use of embryos, eggs, and sperm

Dec 3, 2024 | heyreprotech.com | Alison Motluk

What should happen to embryos, eggs and sperm after a person dies? Right now, under Canadian law, only a spouse or common-law partner can use it, and even then only if the person whose body it came from consented in writing before their death. But there's a lot of frozen reproductive material out there, with more on its way, and it can last a long time — decades. It's emotionally hard to throw out.
Patients are suing over PGT-A

Nov 19, 2024 | heyreprotech.com | Alison Motluk

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A married couple reflects on how they each helped others build families

Nov 12, 2024 | heyreprotech.com | Alison Motluk

After their daughter was born, David and Heather felt their family was complete. When she was three years old, they decided to help out their friends. 11 minute readLet's start with David. You donated sperm to a same-sex couple you knew. David: Part of the motivating factor to donate was that I was getting a vasectomy. I don't think it was like a lightning strike. It was just, you know, as we're driving along or having a discussion, I was thinking, is there anything I need to do before I do this?
Assisted reproduction reminds you that sometimes good people disagree

Nov 5, 2024 | heyreprotech.com | Alison Motluk