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Reproductive health and rights are critical topics in today’s society as laws and policies are continuously debated and adjusted across the world. There are many different outlooks on these issues, and different countries have widely varying laws in place at present. In order to better understand where the world currently is regarding these pressing discussions, further study is needed on the status of women’s reproductive rights. The Research Anthology on Advancements in Women's Health and Repr...

The first comprehensive book that offers invaluable step-by-step advice for families with donor-conceived children. Wendy Kramer, founder and director of the Donor Sibling Registry, and Naomi Cahn, family and reproductive law professor, have compiled a comprehensive and thorough guide for the growing community of families with donor-conceived children. Kramer and Cahn believe that all donor-conceived children’s desire to know their genetic family must be honored, and in Finding Our Families, th...

Around 15 per cent of couples in various Western countries suffer from infertility. Every year thousands try IVF and other assisted-reproduction techniques, but only about a third go home with a baby in their arms. IVF now accounts for 3 per cent of all births in Australia, and the numbers are similar in other developed countries.Making Babies tells the stories behind the statistics, inside the world of egg harvesting, blatocyst transferral, and hormone injections. Here are fourteen personal mem...

JAMES ROWLAND’S STORYTELLING TRILOGY Over three years Songs of Friendship was assembled at VAULT Festival. Team Viking charts the course of his lifelong friendship with Sarah and Tom, and what happened when Tom was diagnosed with incurable heart cancer. In A Hundred Different Words for Love Sarah gets engaged at the same time as James meets someone he really likes. Revelations is James's account of being around for Sarah and her partner Emma as they take the huge step of becoming parents (a...

Each year hundreds of children around the world are born to lesbian mothers who conceived through alternative insemination. This unique form of family-making creates families with no legal or psychological father, and challenges some of our most basic assumptions about what it means to be a family. How, and why, do lesbians use insemination to build their families? How could it best be protected by law? Is it a feminist issue? Is insemination the ultimate in lesbian liberation, or a sell-out to...

Since antiquity - from the eunuchs in the royal courts of ancient China to the booming market for “elixirs of youth” in nineteenth-century Europe - humans have understood that typically masculine behaviour depends on testicles, the main source of testosterone in males. Which sex has the highest rates of physical violence, hunger for status, and desire for a high number of sex partners? Just follow the testosterone. Although we humans can study and reflect on our own behaviour, we are also anima...

A rapidly advancing field, ovulation induction and controlled ovarian stimulation lie at the very heart of infertility treatment. A concise and accurate practical guide to what are undoubtedly very complicated topics, this clearly written text provides the busy clinician with a reliable overview of the principles involved and the management needed in this area. Including an exploration of the history of ovulation induction and stimulation, as well as discussion of future possibilities and dev...

.."". convincing and terrifying."" -- Fay Weldon ""This book provides a highly readable and useful account of reproductive technologies that have become available during the last decade."" -- Ethics .."". an extremely readable introduction to the world of reproductive technologies."" -- New Directions for Women .."". paints a graphic picture... The values of the medical science she discusses are essentially those of a patriarchally controlled society in which men have all the tools and inform...

Progestins play a key role in reproductive endocrinology and as pharmaceutical drugs for contraception and in combined hormone therapy. To further our understanding of progestin action in the mammary gland, an international symposium, attended by leading researchers from academia and industry, was held in Berlin, 21–23 March 2007. Genetic mouse models helped to elucidate the role of progestins, both in normal breast development and in disease. Mechanistic molecular studies inspired the design of...

Human biological fertility was considered a important issue to anthropologists and colonial administrators in the first part of the 20th century, as a dramatic decline in population was observed in many regions. However, the total demise of Melanesian populations predicted by some never happened; on the contrary, a rapid population increase took place for the second part of the 20th century. This volume explores relationships between human fertility and reproduction, subsistence systems, the s...

Handbook of Current and Novel Protocols for the Treatment of Infertility is a valuable resource of well-organized, comprehensive scientific data with practical guides and step-by-step protocols for infertility management. Written by contributors located worldwide, this book discusses different practice patterns and approaches used internationally, along with innovative topics including preimplantation genetic testing, time lapse imaging and the role of artificial intelligence in ART. This book p...