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Dedicated to greater transparency and public health information on the full spectrum of IVF practices, risks and outcomes #UnmaskingIVF
Joined January 2017
"This is eugenics": Exploitation and discrimination in egg donation exposed
newsweek.com
Egg donation offers thousands of U.S. couples the opportunity to start a family, but the industry has a dark side.
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“A profit-driven fertility industry cannot continue to prey on the vulnerabilities of people who desperately hope to have children.” Our latest Editorial: https://t.co/DgOKv0WXzX
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Law protecting Alabama IVF may do more harm than good, critics say https://t.co/NtxePKBPqA via @nbcnews #UnmaskingIVF #fertility #infertility
nbcnews.com
The bill was intended as a stopgap measure to reassure fertility clinics that had halted operations, but legal experts are concerned about its unintended consequences.
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"If couples who lose a fetus through medical negligence have a legal remedy, why not couples going through infertility treatment? Surely, their loss and grief should be recognized, and they should not be denied a legal remedy." #UnmaskingIVF
"The aim was not simply to give a remedy to victims of negligence, but rather to impose a particular religious view of the status of embryos." More on the #Alabama #IVF decision by HC fellow B. Steinbock. #ethics #bioethics #SupremeCourt
https://t.co/XBpIPIcWMe
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Power grab by greedy #IVF industry; endorsed by orgs it controls: @ASRM_org & funds @resolveorg “this bill gives providers more license to be less concerned about being careful, because there’s no liability at stake.” via @nytimes
nytimes.com
Here’s what to know about the legislation, which the Legislature approved overwhelmingly on Wednesday.
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"Those undergoing IVF are not cyborgs. We feel deeply. We bond with our embryos and that’s the truth. Inconvenient or not." #IVF #embryos #fertilitytreatment
Beyond expanding an already explosive culture war, the Alabama lawsuit also exposes the hypocrisy of IVF clinics, writes Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos. https://t.co/DUq999FCwv
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The complex, murky world of fertility advertising. Needs to be clearer guidance. #IVF
https://t.co/gdM4dirN02
abc.net.au
Testimonial promotion of regulated health services is illegal under Australia's advertising laws, but paid partnerships with influencers about egg freezing continue to appear on social media feeds,...
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This journal article lays out the early #IVF industry’s timeline, decisions, and successful attempts to keep regulators out. Those of us who have suffered the results of #fertility clinic negligence have a name for ourselves: #IVFsurvivors
https://t.co/kH4uiPXpMs 4/4
tandfonline.com
IVF survivorship is a novel concept in the field of assisted reproductive technologies (ART) and their attendant autoethnographies. It also disputes the ART industry’s preferred narratives of ‘curi...
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Just this past week, I heard from the next generation of women who have experienced #IVF abuse. It’s been taking place since from #fertility clinic inception https://t.co/xaa3OVLgto 3/4
pamelamahoneytsigdinos.medium.com
Fertility clinic services in U.S. forecast to grow at a CAGR of 13.6% to reach $16.8 billion by the end of 2028
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Former #IVF patients-consumers have sounded the alarm for decades only to be muted by new #femtech #eggfreezing commercial forces who pour money into marketing and PR teams https://t.co/hU0gVZTtuX 2/4
statnews.com
Women can learn more today from a fast food menu than they can from a clinic selling IVF.
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“how does something like this happen?” It happens when a rapidly expanding for-profit industry operates with no independent oversight or regular reporting of malfeasance. The dark side of the 45-year-old #IVF business is full of horror stories #unmaskingIVF 1/4
New: Botched IVF Liquid Destroyed Embryos, Lawsuits Claim, @sarahkliff and Azeen Ghorayshi report:
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I do not find this outcome surprising, rather it seems logical. Furthermore, Ben Mol stated the use of ICSI "may lead concerns re potential risks to offspring health, including congenital anomalies" as the natural selection process is bypassed. #IVF #ICSI
https://t.co/m7X94lqme4
progress.org.uk
No improvement was found by using ICSI for non-severe male factor infertility or when male factor fertility is not the cause of couples failing to conceive, two papers concluded...
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Found this clip made soon after completing my #book Silent Sorority, the first #infertility memoir not authored by a mother. It captures the essence of #IVF survivors and underscores why our voices must be heard #childless #narratives
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This: “Less discussed are the problems of ivf. Most courses of treatment fail. That subjects women and couples to cycles of dreaming and dejection—and gives the fertility industry an incentive to sell false hope.” #UnmaskingIVF #IVF
IVF is failing most women. The fundamental problem is that fertility is still shockingly poorly understood. But new research holds out hope of a revolution https://t.co/CK3M5OdQWT 👇
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Grateful for those who participated and listened to our #IVF survivor narratives
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It's been more than 10 years since this moving and difficult evening offered a stage for women to give voice to failed #IVF traumas #infertility stigma and disenfranchised grief The Dark Side of Fertility Treatments | Psychology Today
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A BBC radio station asked me to talk about this paper today. But when I explained my thoughts they pulled it. After working in IVF for 40 years - how many techniques have I seen that claim to improve embryo selection? How many work? This study showed the exRNA correlated with
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Why Does Focusing on Pronatalist Influences & Policy Matter Now? Tune in live today, 2 January @ 10am PST/1pm EST/6pm GMT, for the first episode in this quarterly series by New Legacy Institute Founder & host of New Legacy Radio, Christine J. Erickson. #PeopleWithoutChildren
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Unless you tune in on a weekly basis, you may have missed this recent episode, with the wonderful Pamela Mahoney Tsigdinos. New Legacy Radio will re-air this episode today, at our regular 10am Pacific Time spot! Join us for this important conversation! Link in our bio.
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