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Diane Tober

University of Alabama
As seen in: Wiley Online Library, Psychology Today, The Indiegogo Review, Salon, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Review of Books, UNDARK, Boston Review, Rewire.News, Contraception and
Anthropologist, writer, filmmaker exploring what it means to be human in the biotech age. Tweets are my own. Research areas: US, Spain, Iran. Tenured!
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Eggonomics: Vitrification and bioeconomies of egg donation in the United States and Spain

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By Diane Tober, Vincenzo Pavone, Sara Lafuente-Funes, Nancy Konvalinka
| Wiley Online Library Verified
The US model: Self-commodification in a tiered free market The US system is rooted in a “free market,” “consumer choice” model, reflecting underlying US cultural values embedded in late capitalism and supply-demand economics. These values infiltrate US medical systems, particularly when it comes to the commodification of human eggs. In the United States, there are different options for finding an egg donor and for negotiating contact between recipients and donors.
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Student debt is driving more Americans to donate their eggs - and some suffer lasting complications

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By Diane Tober
| Salon Verified
Janine* was raised by a single mother in the San Francisco Bay Area. With resources tight, both she and her sister needed to find a way to put themselves through college. Her sister started donating her eggs for pay once she turned 20, working two jobs and struggling to stay in school. When Janine turned 19, she started donating eggs as well.
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Open Forum: California shouldn’t expand the market for women’s eggs

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By Lisa Ikemoto, Diane Tober
| San Francisco Chronicle Verified
Medical researchers would be allowed to buy women’s eggs under a bill being considered by the Legislature this week. As pro-choice, feminist scholars, we are deeply troubled by this legislation. Proponents of AB922, backed by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine and authored by Assemblywoman Autumn Burke, D-Marina Del Rey (Los Angeles County), point out that human eggs, sperm and embryos are in demand for research on fertility, stem cells, cloning and gene editing.
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