Disclaimer

Please note: Inclusion of sites on this list in no way represents endorsement of the positions taken, products offered, or the accuracy of the material on the site. Always be careful when using the Internet to get information. These sites are included as resources for you to use (as appropriate), and for you to understand the information and services available to, and advertised to, the general public.

General Resources

• Human Genetics, Reproduction & Public Policy. Course taught by Lee Silver at Princeton. For our purposes, the most interesting feature of this web site is that it contains many readings -- on human behavior and genes, abortion and reproductive technology (including the Vatican position and a strong feminist argument). http://www.princeton.edu/~wws320/

• FertileThoughts.com: site for people dealing with "family building issues," including infertility, pregnancy, adoption and surrogacy. Aims to provide accessible medical information, and to allow people to share experiences. "Independent of any drug company, HMO, medical practice, or other health care organization.. to ensure unbiased, objective, credible information." http://www.fertilethoughts.net/
• The American Infertility Association: a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting people with family building and reproductive health issues, including infertility, social and psychological concerns. Pages on infertility, adoption, and therapy. http://www.americaninfertility.org/
• Internet Health Resources – a company that hosts and promotes infertility Web sites. A good place to start if you are looking for other web sites on fertility. Has lins for consumers (education, resources, service providers) and for professionals (journals, business). http://www.ihr.com/
• The National Infertility Association. Provides education, advocacy and support for infertile couples. http://www.resolve.org/
• Shared Journey. Provides information on topics such as infertility, miscarriage, surrogacy, pregnancy after infertility, living child-free, and adoption. http://www.sharedjourney.com/

• list of sites on fertility, infertility, egg donation, sperm sorting, ivf, and more… http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/baby/resources.html

• MicroSort ® Sperm Separation, a company which separates X-bearing and Y-bearing sperm, to be used to select for female or male babies, respectively. "Sperm Sorting (Gender Selection) for Prevention of X-Linked Diseases and for Family Balancing." http://www.microsort.net/
• Fairfax Cryobank (afiliated with the Genetics & IVF Institute [see below]), one of the world's largest human sperm banks. http://www.fairfaxcryobank.com/

• Egg Donation, Inc. A company that recruits egg donors, maintains and egg donor database, and provides information on surrogacy. http://www.eggdonor.com/
• International Fertility Centers for Surrogacy and Ovum Donation. Egg donation and surrogacy services. Located in Arkansas, whose surrogacy laws are "The best in America!" http://www.fertilityhelp.com/
• The American Surrogacy Center, Inc. Has articles, listings for resources (legal, medical, psychological) and the Surrogacy Store. http://www.surrogacy.com/

• also see general Fertility sites

• Center for Disease Control’s Reproductive Health Information Source. This is an excellent, credible source (not that the others are not...) on issues and statistics relating to reproductive health. Has links to:
• CDC Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) reports, which provide statistics on success rates
• Report on the Use of ART
• Contribution of ART and drugs to multiple births

• 18 Ways to Make a Baby. Companion web site to the Nova (PBS) special program, which "investigates the brave new world of assisted reproduction." The web site contains useful links, including a list of the 18 ways. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/baby/
• NYU School of Medicine’s In Vitro Fertilization, Reproductive Surgery & Infertility services. This site is for couples seeking IVF medical services. Very interesting page on outcomes (success rates). http://nyuivf.med.nyu.edu/
• University of Connecticut Health Center: Center for Advanced Reproductive Services. Another site for couples looking for IVF medical services. Good pages on IVF, superovulation and egg donation procedures.

• Genetics & IVF Institute: "The world's largest fully integrated specialized provider of infertility treatment and genetics services." Web pages on
• Gender selection (using MicroSort)
• Preservation of Sperm and Eggs before Therapy for Cancer
• Sperm and Ovary Cryopreservation (Freezing)
• Preimplantation genetic diagnosis tests
• explanations of ICSI, NSA, blastocyst transfer, surrogacy, embryo freezing and more.... http://www.givf.com/

• The Missyplicity Project, which aims to clone a dog. A good place to start for pet cloning research. Links to Genetic Savings and Clone, and information on CC:, the first cloned cat. http://www.missyplicity.com/
• On Human Cloning: Three Views. Part of the 18 ways to make a baby site. Three interviews with scientists (Lee Silver, Don Wolf, and Rudi Jaenisch) on the topic of human cloning http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/baby/cloning.html
• American Journal of Bioethics cloning site. Excellent resource, containing links on ethical issues, US and state laws, the cloning debate, recent news, along with several articles by prominent bioethicists. http://www.bioethics.net/cloning.php
• Clonaid – a human cloning company founded by the Raelian Movement, a religious movement which claims that life on Earth was created through genetic engineeering by a human extraterrestrial race.. really. http://www.clonaid.com/

• National Institutes of Health primer on stem cells (May 2000). Brief (5 page) introduction to stem cells, including definition, derivation, applications, and differences between embryonic and adult stem cells. Dry, but a useful reference. http://www.nih.gov/news/stemcell/primer.htm
• Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research, a coalition of patient organizations, universities, foundations, and individuals which advocates for research on stem cells and regenerative medicine. http://www.stemcellfunding.org/fastaction/
• New York Times special section on stem cells, from Science Times 12/24/01. Several articles on the science and politics of stem cells, and nice interactive graphics. http://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2001/12/18/science/index.html

• Bioethics.net. Web site run by the Univ. of Penna. Center for Bioethics, and associated with the American Journal of Bioethics. Has special features (Bioethics for Beginners, Cloning & Genetics, Bioethics on NBC’s ER, more...), as well as a weekly news update with links to recent articles. http://bioethics.net/
• Bioethics Institute, Johns Hopkins Univ. Home page of an academic program specializing in Bioethics. List of recent articles on stem cells. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/bioethics/

• National Bioethics Advisory Commission, established under President Clinton, produced reports on (among other things)
• Human Embryo Research (1994)
• Cloning Human Beings (1997)
• Ethical Issues in Human Stem Cell Research (1999).

• link to Cloning Human Beings: The Science of Animal Cloning,

• President’s Council on Bioethics, established under President G.W. Bush. Site includes background material, readings, and a preliminary report on:
• Human Cloning and Human Dignity: An Ethical Inquiry

• Dr Leon Kass, home page of the Chair of the President’s Commission on Bioethics. Has a link to Kass’s article (The Wisdom of Repugnance), which was reprinted (along with an essay, by James Q. Wilson) as a book called The Ethics of Human Cloning. http://www.aei.org/kass/

• Ron’s Angels. A site that sells eggs and sperm – from models - to the highest bidder. Argues that using supermodel eggs and/or sperm will give your child an advantage in life. Beware! Linked to porn sites that will appear when you go there (and what does that mean?). http://www.ronsangels.com/

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