Episode 13 - Jennifer Lahl - Ethics of Fertility Preservation in Young People with Gender Dysphoria

Jennifer Lahl is an experienced pediatric critical care nurse who is the founder of the The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network, which advocates for caution and expresses concerns surrounding the use of assisted reproductive technologies including in-vitro fertilization, artificial wombs and surrogacy. She is a recognized authority, having numerous national and international media appearances, and was invited to testify before the European Parliament and the United Nations to address issues of egg and womb trafficking, She has also expressed caution regarding the ethics and technical limitations of fertility preservation in young people who are undergoing medical and surgical interventions for gender dysphoria; interventions that are high likely to result in infertility or at the very least fertility challenges in young people who have a limited capacity to understand the implications of these interventions, and whose views on having biologically related children may change over time Jennifer joins Yvette and Laura for a spirited discussion on what makes children with dysphoria different that other young people (and their families) which seek these interventions. Show Notes: Here is the link to our paper on fertility preservation Resilience Health Network survey: https://resiliencehealth.network Ms. Lahl's paper on fertility preservation: "Fertility preservation: is there a model for gender-dysphoric youth" https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/endocrinology/articles/10.3389/fendo.2025.1386716/full?utm_campaign=imp_mile_2024_fall_en_aut-ww Mama's Minerals - New Mexico's largest woman owned rock & crystal retailer https://www.mamasminerals.com/