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The Speculative Turn in IVF: Egg Freezing and the Financialization of Fertility

Photo by Giorgio Trovato on Unsplash Lucy van de Wiel’s research, published in New Genetics and Society, provides a chilling look at the role of money in the IVF and egg freezing fields. She notes that venture capitalists and private equity firms see big financial returns and choose to fund egg freezing companies because unlike…
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September 30, 2020 0
Egg Freezing Jemma Kennedy

The fertility industry trades in hope but freezing my eggs has offered me none

Egg freezing is costly and emotionally draining. That’s just some of what Jemma Kennedy, a novelist, playwright and screenwriter learned first hand. Her latest play, GENESIS INC, opened this summer at the Hampstead Theatre. She has written and spoken about her ReproTech experiences since freezing her eggs in 2014. She gave permission for us to…
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July 5, 2018 0