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Is This Egg Worth $50,000?
Self magazine, December 2000
Interview with Darlene and Tom Pinkerton.
Donation Dilemmas
San Diego Union-Tribune, September 3, 2000
A profile of Darlene and Tom Pinkerton and of A Perfect Match, in the wake of an anonymous client's highly publicized $50,000 egg-donation offer in 1999.
Surrogacy and Egg-Donation Law in California
by Thomas Pinkerton
The dispositive article for the state of surrogacy and egg-donation law in California. Includes summaries of recent surrogacy and egg-donation cases in California, whose rulings give prospective parents, surrogates, and egg donors reasonable certainty that their intentions, as expressed by a properly written surrogacy or egg-donation contract, will be upheld in California.
Condom Effectiveness - CDC Condom Fact Sheet in Brief
Consistent and correct use of the male latex condom reduces the risk of sexually transmitted disease (STD) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission. However, condom use cannot provide absolute protection against any STD. The most reliable ways to avoid transmission of STDs are to abstain from sexual activity, or to be in a long-term mutually monogamous relationship with an uninfected partner. However, many infected persons may be unaware of their infection because STDs often are asymptomatic and unrecognized.
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American Society for Reproductive Medicine ASRM is a voluntary, non-profit organization devoted to advancing knowledge and expertise in reproductive medicine, including infertility, menopause, contraception, and sexuality. http://www.asrm.org/ |
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The American Fertility Association The AFA is a national, non-profit organization serving the United States through its national office in New York City, and is a leader in providing men and women, health care professionals, public officials and the media, both nationally and internationally, with information about infertility treatments, reproductive and sexual health and family building options including adoption and third-party solutions. http://www.theafa.org/ |
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Egg Donation & Surrogacy Professional Association EDSPA is a multidisciplinary organization that promotes cooperation, education and professional ethics in the matters of gestational carriers, traditional surrogacy, egg, sperm and embryo donation, and related areas. The Association accomplishes its mission by providing a forum for education, communication and advocacy on behalf of patients, physicians, attorneys, agencies and affiliated professionals in the field of Third Party Family Formation. http://www.edspa.org/ |
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Fertile Hope Fertile Hope is a national, nonprofit organization dedicated to providing reproductive information, support and hope to cancer patients and survivors whose medical treatments present the risk of infertility. http://www.fertilehope.org/ |
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RESOLVE RESOLVE.org is a community for women and men with infertility and provides information, support and opportunitues to take action. http://www.resolve.org/ |
FDA Guidelines for Egg Donation
- FDA Guidelines for Donor Eligibility by Darlene M. Pinkerton
Blood Donor Eligibility Rules
These are the rules followed by CDC when determining who is eligible to be a donor. A woman can’t be an egg donor if she has been deferred by a Blood Bank as a donor.
IVF Success Rates
IVF Success rates for clinics that report their stats to CDC and SART. They are generally a full year behind because they also include live births in their stats.
A Perfect Match Video:
Darlene Pinkerton, founder of A Perfect Match, on the NBC Today show.
Experts discuss sale of human eggs
