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Eight Babies and the End of a Doctor's Career

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by Pete Shanks

June 28, 2011 - 8:25am (Print)

The Medical Board of California has revoked the license of Dr. Michael Kamrava, effective July 1st. This is the doctor who became notorious after his patient, Nadya Suleman, gave birth to octuplets following fertility treatment.

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What Price the Human Egg?

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by Morganne Rosenhaus, Reproductive Health Technologies Project

April 5, 2010 - 5:29pm (Print)

With spring here and Easter in the rearview mirror, you can't help but think a bit about eggs of all types, among them human eggs. Amidst research on marketing of human eggs, I found this Latin proverb, “All life comes from an egg.”  I find this sentiment a bit dated.  Instead I’d like to suggest something a bit more up-to-date, “All life comes from an egg, but that egg comes at a price.”

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