Information, support & advocacy
Current Events, Media requests, Lawsuits, Research, Surveys, etc
Updated: Aug 22/10
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• Infertility
• Donor Conception
• Surrogacy
• Miscarriage
• Adoption
• LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Trans-Identified)
• Pregnancy
• Ethics
GENERAL
• Survey: Internet use for health/medical purposes
Books, Documentaries & Recorded Seminars (from our Store)
Clinical trials
• Montreal: Fertility preservation
Fertility drugs at affordable prices (Canada)
Films (online)
• 'In The Know' Short Film Festival
Media, Researchers & Surveys seek Interviews/Participants
• Canada/USA: Women's experience of infertility (posted Oct/09)
• Fertility Awareness (posted Jul/10)
• Fertility Decision Making
• Fertility
• The Influence of Coping Processes & Marital Satisfaction on the Individual Wellbeing of Married Females Experiencing Infertility (posted Jul/10)
• IVF: Current & former patients to share their stories (posted Feb/10)
• Managing your infertility-related information with people in your social network
• PGD: Couples at high genetic risk who have decided not to use PGD (posted Mar/10)
• Psychological symptoms associated with infertility (Posted Aug/12)
• Toronto, Canada: Women’s experiences with their body, gender & infertility (posted Jan/10)
• UK: HFEA patient questionnaire on single embryo transfer and multiple births (posted Feb/10)
• UK: HFEA seeks patients' views on fertility treatment (posted Apr/10)
Mind-Body Fertility Programs
• New York, NY: Women's MindBody In-person Infertility Support Group (Tues/Thurs evgs)
• Toronto, ON: Mind-Body Behavioural Medicine Fertility program
• Toronto, ON: Relaxation Evenings (Sept 20, Oct 19)
Political Action Campaigns
• IVF funding under medicare
Seminars, Webinars, Workshops, Conferences, etc.
• Edmonton, AB: Multiple Births of Canada National Conference, Sept 23-26
• Vancouver, BC: Canadian Fertility & Andrology Society annual meeting, Sept 29-Oct 2
Support Groups
• Toronto, ON: Infertility Network (2nd Tues of each month, Jan-Dec): Next meeting: SEPTEMBER 14
• Edmonton, AB: Infertility support group (monthly, Sept-June)
• Other groups
Books, Documentaries & Recorded Seminars (from our Store)
Documentaries & movies
• Bio-Dad (by Barry Stevens, donor offspring)
A man born of artificial insemination searches for his biological father & also takes us into the controversial world of making babies through science instead of sex.
• Brave New Family (by Alison Motluk, freelance journalist & broadcaster)
Sperm donation has proven to be a Pandora's Box. The vast majority of donor dads do not want to be found. In rare cases, some children are seeking and finding their donor &/or half-siblings. Motluk explores the complex portrait of the brave new family.
• Eggsploitation (Documentary on the hidden dangers, health risks & exploitation of young women through egg donation by the fertility industry) Screenings: Aug 9: Rochester, NY; Sept 16: Capitol Hill, Washington, DC; Sept 30: Livermore, CA (Posted Jul 30/10)
• From Here To Maternity (by Alison Motluk, freelance journalist & broadcaster)
In recent years egg donation has become a growing business and concern. Moms-in-waiting can purchase tourism packages to the Czech Republic or pay a university student in Boston for her eggs.
• Single Choice: Many Lives (Documentary on single mothers through sperm 'donation' featuriing interviews with Wendy & Ryan Kramer, co-founders, Donor Sibling Registry (posted Apr/10)
Government Consultations
• Australia: Federal inquiry into Donor Conception practices past & present (You do not need to live in, or be a citizen of Australia, to make a submission.) Closing date: Aug 31/10
• The South Australia Council on Reproductive Technology (SACRT) is currently discussing whether the prohibition on familial intergeneration donation (i.e. a donation between family members where there is an age difference of 18 years) should continue. This was originally intended to prevent donations from younger family members (eg a daughter) to an older family member (eg a mother). This has raised complex legal, ethical, psycho-social and clinical questions with no decision being reached to date. Council has sought the views of clinic counsellors with a mixed response, as well as mixed views on Council with discussion continuing. SACRT invites those who have a view about whether the prohibition should continue to contact: sacrt@health.sa.gov.au (Posted Nov/09)
Media, Researchers & Surveys seek Interviews/Participants
• Attitudes to release of information in open-identity donor programs
• Canada: Media seeks interviews with egg donors or recipients. Contact Beatrice Politi, Health Reporter, Global TV, 416-446-5346 (Posted Aug 20/10)
• Gamete/Tissue/Organ donation (Posted Jun/10)
• Parents of sperm & egg donors (Posted Mar/10)
• Survey re 'nature vs nurture' (Posted Jun/10)
Meetings, Support groups, Workshops (in person & online)
• Calgary, AB: Donor conception support group, 403-217-7745
• Melbourne, Australia: Time To Tell seminar for donor families, Aug 28
• Montclair, NJ: Donor Parent's Discussion Group, Sept-Dec
• New York, NY: Support network for families via donor conception & surrogacy (ongoing)
• UK: Telling & Talking to Children about Donor Conception (ongoing)
• UK: Preparation for Donor Conception Parenthood (ongoing)
• Vancouver, BC: Canadian Fertility & Andrology Society annual meeting, Sept 29-Oct 2
• Other groups
Political Action Campaigns
• Canadian Donor Conception Coalition
• Rights for all donor-conceived people
• Campaign vs Facebook Egg Donation Ads
Other information about donor conception
Other information about surrogacy
• Books & Recorded Seminars (from our Store)
• Support groups
Documentary: 40 Year Secret (Watch online)
Media, Researchers & Surveys seek Interviews/Participants
• Canada: Survey for adoptive parents (posted Mar 21/10)
Seminars, Workshops, Conferences & Movies
• Kingston, ON: Open adoption seminar, Nov 6
• New York, NY: Adoption seminars & support groups (ongoing)
• Toronto, ON: Creating A Successful Adoption Plan
• Toronto, Mississauga, Ottawa, London (ON): How to Adopt seminars (ongoing)
Support Groups
• Toronto, ON: Adoption Support Kinship (about reunion), 1st Weds of each month
• BC: Cloverdale, New Westminster & Surrey: Forget Me Not Society (monthly)
• New York, NY: Adoption seminars & support groups (ongoing)
Other lists of upcoming events
• CanadaAdopts
• Family Helper
Other information about adoption
LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL & TRANS-IDENTIFIED
• Ontario: Survey re LGBTQ experiences with clinics/sperm banks (posted Jul/10)
• Toronto, ON: LGBTQ Parenting Network
• Montreal, QC: LGBT Family Coalition
• Germany: LSVD - The Lesbian & Gay Federation
PREGNANCY
• USA: Accutane Lawsuit vs Roche Pharmaceuticals re harm to unborn children (posted Apr/10)
Other information about pregnancy
ETHICS
• Vancouver, BC: Canadian Fertility & Andrology Society annual meeting, Sept 29-Oct 2
