Commodification of the Reproductive Donor: Part 1 (The Recruitment)
Designer babies made to order? Source: Mark Sebastian, Flickr Donors are subject to commodification. What I mean is that donors, due to the bureaucratic market processes surrounding donation, can be...
View ArticleRawr! The fierce hustle to have dragon babies
How much of a role do the market and the business side of fertility clinics play in the demand for babies? And how does this market role affect egg donors and surrogate mothers? Just this year, the...
View ArticleNews Roundup #13: Facebook boosting organ donors, Kidney in a third body,...
A screenshot of the process of indicating you're an organ donor on Facebook It seems this roundup is lucky number 13, with the a groundbreaking, cusp-of-viral, organ donation initiative from Facebook,...
View ArticleIn Turn: Ellyse’s OutLook
Editor’s Note: My passion for transplant donor outreach and education was stoked as the first college intern at the Asian American Donor Program (AADP). I am so proud that since 2004 AADP has continued...
View ArticleIn turn: Ellyse’s OutLook, part 2
In a series of posts, Ellyse Look shares her journey as an Asian American Donor Program (AADP) intern with us in a series of thoughtful and detailed reflections. It’s a revealing window into the...
View ArticleIn Turn: Ellyse’s OutLook, Part 3
In a series of posts, Ellyse Look shares her journey as an Asian American Donor Program (AADP) intern with us in a series of thoughtful and detailed reflections. It’s a revealing window into the...
View ArticleCrafting a donor recruitment piece: the South African example
Editor’s Note: Tarryn Corlett-Boden, the Operations Manager (PR, Marketing and Communications) for The Sunflower Fund shares their process of sculpting of a donor education piece for their work in...
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