I am writing on Substack in response to the acute politicization of reproductive autonomy, care, and technology in the U.S.A. Subscription is free. These are titles of long-form articles in reverse order of publication:

  • A Cold Look at Egg Banking
  • Netflix streams Joy about the birth of IVF
  • After the Storm
  • DJT: I am the Father of IVF
  • A Death in the Senate
  • On Becoming a Being
  • Denmark’s Investment in Fertility Treatment
  • Time to Rewind the Ovarian Clock?
  • Progress Educational Trust
  • Ectopic Pregnancy
  • Reproductive Freedom and Power in Project 2025
  • Embryos and Ethics: Potential versus Person
  • Embryos and Ethics: First Impressions
  • Jean Marian Purdy Remembered
  • Coils, Cuts, Condoms, and Chemical Contraception
  • What is an Embryo?
  • Howard W. Jones Jr., M.D, at 104 discusses IVF (video)
  • An Alabomination
  • Elizabeth Carr at Congress
  • An Appreciation of Louise Brown
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