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Egg trading by hermaphrodite fish--evolutionary game theory by Peña, Nöldeke, and Puebla

Game theory is about how payoffs among multiple parties change the way they interact with each othe…

Matching for platonic co-parenting: "like a divorce, without the wedding or the arguments."

The WSJ has the story, about two web sites that are trying to pioneer matching for people who want …

Will IVF become more widely legal in France?

The Washington Post has the story: Why an IVF bill is the next fault line for the French republic  …

Different misconduct in sperm donation

One reason it is rewarding to study unregulated markets is that it gives you some idea of why some …

Reproductive technology and ethical dilemmas: are artificial wombs on the horizon? Will they change the meaning of abortion?

Assisted reproductive technology (ART) has brought us some modern possibilities that are sometimes …

Surrogacy among religious Jews in Israel

Surrogacy law is not entirely simple in Israel (e.g. the intended parents must be a heterosexual ma…

Sperm selection

I've blogged before about selection of sperm donors , but here's a story from the NY Times…

Abortions, when abortion was illegal

The Washington Post reprints a concise version of some of its stories from 1966, with stories of su…

Surrogacy in NY...remains complicated

Surrogacy is a subject that brings out both sides of arguments about repugnant transactions. Vivian…

Surrogacy law in Italy (moderated by subsequent court decisions)

The Italian law governing reproductive technology and surrogacy dates from 2004, but (although I do…

Surrogacy and citizenship: bringing the babies home isn't always so easy

Even the U.S., which is a center of surrogacy, employs outdated rules to determine which surrogate …

California surrogacy

Surrogacy serves all sorts of people, mostly couples who don't have a working womb between them…

Donating eggs for fertility: an update

Slate brings us up to date: INSIDE THE QUIETLY LUCRATIVE BUSINESS OF DONATING HUMAN EGGS "The …

A wedding while expecting "twiblings"

The NY Times has a very 21st century wedding announcement, of two husbands who both wanted to be fa…

An Israeli gay couple recount their American surrogacy experience

Twins, no less, after a journey through U.S. surrogacy by a gay Israeli couple, from Haaretz: Two f…

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