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EPISODE · Jun 18, 2020 · 29 MIN

Rise of Human Egg Donations

from Spark · host Kellee Marlow

Diane Tober is Assistant Adjunct Professor at the University of California, San Francisco Institute for Health and Aging and faculty at the Bixby Center for Reproductive Health. She is a cultural and medical anthropologist with a focus on gender and sexuality, the commodification of the body, science and technology studies, bioethics, and social and reproductive justice. She has been conducting research exploring egg donors’ decisions and experiences within the global market for human eggs since 2013, with now over 500 egg donors participating in her study. Diane Tober is also the author of Romancing the Sperm: Shifting Biopolitics and the Making of Modern Families (2018), investigating the role technology plays in the changing meanings of family. 

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With the advances in reproductive technology, women donating their eggs to aspiring parents has become a flourishing and lucrative industry. Kellee Marlow explores this growing trend with Diane Tober, a leading expert on egg donation and reproductive health policy. This interview takes a deeper dive into health and ethical considerations involved with human egg donation.

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