Fertility - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/fertility/?source=rss&aim=fertility en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:07:00 PDT Sperm donation for Us Weekly fans By Mary Elizabeth Williams Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/07/30/celebrity_sperm/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/07/30/celebrity_sperm/index.html?source=rss A Los Angeles clinic lets you pick your donor based on his celebrity look-alike. Adrian Zmed, anyone? Attack of the 66-year-old mother By Amy Benfer Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/05/19/older_mom/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/05/19/older_mom/index.html?source=rss The strange case of Elizabeth Adeney prompts the question: How old is too old to have a child? Freeze your eggs for feminism! By Amy Benfer Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/05/05/frozen_eggs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/05/05/frozen_eggs/index.html?source=rss A Newsweek writer argues that putting your eggs on ice might just be as revolutionary as the birth control pill A fertile news day! By Katharine Mieszkowski Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/04/14/infertility/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/04/14/infertility/index.html?source=rss Twenty-two years after her cancer-stricken dad was sterilized, a healthy baby girl is born. Plus, stem cells may mean new hope for women struggling to conceive. Is ovary storage a lifestyle choice? Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/current_tv/2008/11/18/ctv_clarkflory_ovarystorage/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/current_tv/2008/11/18/ctv_clarkflory_ovarystorage/index.html?source=rss Tracy Clark-Flory on a new procedure to delay motherhood. Soap opera social engineering By Andrew Leonard Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/29/soap_opera_social_engineering/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/29/soap_opera_social_engineering/index.html?source=rss In Brazil, the data suggests that prime-time programming contributed to a national decline in fertility rates. Memo from U.S. Christian conservatives to Europeans: Have more babies! By Catherine Price Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/02/19/white_babies/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/02/19/white_babies/index.html?source=rss That is, of course, only if you're white. "Their 40s just seemed to sneak up on them" By Lynn Harris Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/12/05/moms_over_40/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/12/05/moms_over_40/index.html?source=rss The L.A. Times is more thoughtful than most about why women delay childbearing. But what about men? Daily wanking By Catherine Price Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/10/16/daily_wanking/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/10/16/daily_wanking/index.html?source=rss Can ejaculating every day improve a man's fertility? Who pays for an unwanted twin? By Carol Lloyd Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/09/21/ivf_twin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/09/21/ivf_twin/index.html?source=rss A lawsuit in Australia unleashes controversy over whether lesbians should be barred from fertility treatments. It's a girl ... please By Lynn Harris Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/09/05/sex_selection/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/09/05/sex_selection/index.html?source=rss More parents are reportedly using fancy fertility techniques to have daughters. Want a baby? Get a massage By Catherine Price Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/09/04/stress_fertility/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/09/04/stress_fertility/index.html?source=rss Could stress have an impact on fertility? I've had three miscarriages and my husband won't wear a yarmulke By Cary Tennis Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/08/31/infertile/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/08/31/infertile/index.html?source=rss I'm struggling on too many fronts -- religion, fertility, parenting philosophy, even employment. Attack of the 5-year-old moms! By Page Rockwell Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/07/02/fertility/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/07/02/fertility/index.html?source=rss Doctors have artificially matured egg cells harvested from prepubescent girls. Great advance for cancer patients, or ethical nightmare in the making? Sacred whores or sex slaves? By Carol Lloyd Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/06/11/sex_slaves/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/06/11/sex_slaves/index.html?source=rss An Indian fertility cult forces girls into becoming religiously sanctioned prostitutes. Fertell me about it By Lynn Harris Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/06/06/fertell/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/06/06/fertell/index.html?source=rss New test measures his 'n' hers fertility -- at home. Who's your daddy: The search for sperm donors By Carol Lloyd Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/05/17/sperm_donors/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/05/17/sperm_donors/index.html?source=rss Should donor dads get to remain anonymous? Self-fertilizing females to take over the world By Page Rockwell Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/04/13/contraception/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/04/13/contraception/index.html?source=rss Just kidding. But research suggests female-only conception may be possible. The mating game By Elline Lipkin Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/02/26/next_womb/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/02/26/next_womb/index.html?source=rss I started online dating at age 35, hoping to meet a few suitors in my new city. But all I met were frantic older men who were more concerned with the state of my womb than with wooing me. A bull market for eggs By Lynn Harris Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/02/21/egg_donors/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/02/21/egg_donors/index.html?source=rss Ovum: $5,000 plus. (Fertility: priceless.) Should we worry? The ethics of sex selection By Catherine Price Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/02/06/selection/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/02/06/selection/index.html?source=rss Should parents be able to special-order boy and girl babies? Old moms on trial By Carol Lloyd Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/02/01/older/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/02/01/older/index.html?source=rss How old is too old to have babies? Egg-selling ethics By Carol Lloyd Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/01/25/eggs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/01/25/eggs/index.html?source=rss Should women be permitted to trade half their eggs for discounted fertility treatments? The wrong egg By Angela Valdez Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/11/16/fertility_mix_up/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/11/16/fertility_mix_up/index.html?source=rss When a fertility clinic mistakenly placed a client's sperm in the wrong woman, the man sued for the right to be called the baby's father. Trouble is, the law says he's nobody's daddy. Sisterhood of sperm By Katharine Mieszkowski Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/03/01/sperm_donor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/03/01/sperm_donor/index.html?source=rss Meet 11 women who have one sperm donor in common.