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The Big Freezeby Gina Maranto, Biopolitical Times guest contributor, Biopolitical TimesMay 9th, 2013The Wall Street Journal devoted almost two full pages to a piece championing social egg freezing, and gave it a headline that is pure sales.

A Petition for Change in Memory of Dan Markingsonby Emily Smith Beitiks, Biopolitical TimesMay 8th, 2013The story of a young man’s premature death illustrates the medical-industrial complex at its worst.

ACMG Issues Clarification Over Incidental Findings Guidanceby Dr Philippa Brice and Dr Ron Zimmern, PHG FoundationMay 7th, 2013The American College of Medical Genetics has released a clarification of recent guidance issued on the subject of incidental findings in clinical genomics.

Precision StemCell: Selling Stem Cells & Treating Individuals With ALS as Human Guinea Pigsby Leigh Turner, Health in the Global VillageMay 6th, 2013Unproven stem cell interventions offered internationally tend to gain media attention, but Precision StemCell, based in Alabama, is one example of a domestic clinic marketing stem cell interventions that appear to violate federal regulations.

Baby Sex-Selection Tours Increasingly Popular with Australian Couples Using IVF by Natasha Bita, News.com.auMay 5th, 2013Some couples are taking overseas ''sex tours'' to choose their baby's gender using IVF in foreign fertility clinics.

The Real Problems With Psychiatryby Hope Reese, The AtlanticMay 2nd, 2013A psychotherapist contends that the DSM, psychiatry's "bible" that defines all mental illness, is not scientific but a product of unscrupulous politics and bureaucracy.

Made-to-Order Embryos: You Want to Sell What?!by Jessica Cussins, Biopolitical TimesMay 2nd, 2013The fact that a fertility clinic can own and sell made-to-order embryos for profit raises novel concerns that should not be collapsed into predefined frameworks used to assess other assisted reproductive technologies.

California Lawmakers Consider Paying Women to Provide Eggs for Researchby Diane Tober, Biopolitical TimesMay 2nd, 2013A new bill claims to be motivated by concerns for women’s equity and for advancing responsible medical research, but in fact undermines both.

Cracked Open: New Book Looks at Fertility and Reproductive Technologyby Rachel, Our Bodies Our BlogApril 30th, 2013Just out: A new book by award-winning writer and international public health and reproductive rights advocate Miriam Zoll, Cracked Open: Liberty, Fertility and the Pursuit of High Tech Babies.

Your Genetic Make Up to be Stored, Without Consent, for Profit TechEyeApril 25th, 2013Genetic data is massively revealing. It can be used to identify relatives, and to assess the potential for passing recessive genetic disorders on to children.

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