Marcy Darnovsky

Name: Marcy Darnovsky

Organization / Company: Center for Genetics and Society

Marcy Darnovsky, PhD, Associate Executive Director, speaks and writes widely on the politics of human biotechnology, focusing on their social justice and public interest implications. She has appeared on national television news and been cited in hundreds of news and magazine articles. She has worked as an organizer and advocate in a range of environmental and progressive political movements, and taught courses at Sonoma State University and at California State University East Bay. Her Ph.D. is from the History of Consciousness program at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Marcy's articles

Egg Freezing: Risks to Women and Children Unknown

by Marcy Darnovsky, Center for Genetics and Society

September 1, 2011 - 7:39am (Print)

The fertility industry’s professional organization – the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) – has said plainly that freezing women’s eggs remains an experimental procedure that should not be “marketed or offered as a means to defer reproductive aging.”

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Exposure of Surrogacy and Baby-Selling Scheme Underscores Need for Accountability

by Marcy Darnovsky, Center for Genetics and Society

August 21, 2011 - 9:38pm (Print)

Two prominent reproductive law attorneys now await sentencing by a US district court after pleading guilty to charges connected with an elaborate surrogacy and baby-selling scheme. What measures will be taken by the fertility industry, policy makers, women’s health advocates and others to ensure the well-being of everyone involved with assisted reproduction practices?

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Marcy's comments

A cautionary comment about the "unusual bedfellows" approach on Surrogacy: The Next Frontier for Reproductive Justice

1 year 48 weeks ago

Strongly recommending this book on RH Reality Check Interviews: Donna Dickenson, Author of "Body Shopping"

2 years 32 weeks ago

Great questions! on First IVF Baby Turns 30

3 years 26 weeks ago