We mourn Dolly Parton. We discuss Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s egg freezing and what it means for reproductive justice in America. Plus, the baby born from the California-Texas surrogacy case.

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AOC Egg Freezing

One of AOC’s blogs on egg freezing
Arghavan’s essay on egg freezing
Fetal Personhood laws
Arghavan’s substack essay with links to data on egg freezing
Arghavan’s research on parental leave during residency
Arghavan’s research on the costs of family building
Arghavan’s research on barriers to family building
Systematic review on outcomes with frozen eggs
Alyssa’s essay series on The Retrievals podcast

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Background on the legal issues when a surrogate refused to have an abortion
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
Norwood Procedure
WNBA update: Enes Kanter Freedom thrown out of game
Canada/US trade war
US threatens more sanctions against Iran

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Editing by Alyssa Burgart
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Farewell Dolly plus AOC's Eggs