Ferrukh Faruqui

Ferrukh Faruqui is an Ottawa-based physician and freelance journalist. Faruqui is also a current fellow in the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Journalism and Health Impact who writes about the intersection of medicine with ethics. 

Kristia Rumbley of Birmingham, Alabama used in vitro fertilization to have three children, and has kept two embryos on ice for eight years. Photo taken February 23, 2024.
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The Money and Risks Behind Human Egg Donation

by Ferrukh Faruqui

U.S. egg donation is a $400 million sector, but a dearth of federal oversight means some health risks go unmeasured