Principal Investigator, EDNA study
Nicky Hudson is professor of medical sociology at Loughborough University. Her research explores experiences of reproductive health, the development and use of a range of reproductive technologies, and the social contexts in which these technologies exist. She has contributed both oral and written evidence to the current Parliamentary inquiry into egg donation and egg freezing, launched by the Women and Equalities Committee of the House of Commons.
As the Women and Equalities Committee of the House of Commons pursues an inquiry into egg donation and egg freezing, Professor Nicky Hudson draws attention to eight films in which egg donors discuss egg donation in their own words...
The recent decision by the HFEA to increase compensation for gamete donors is going to have specific impacts on egg donors, that need to be explored…
Screening gamete donors could reduce transmission of recessive genetic conditions, but also gives rise to new and ethically sensitive questions for recipients, clinicians and donors...
The EDNA study which looked at the social, political, economic and moral constitution of egg donation in Europe, ended recently, after 4.5 years of research...
BioNews recently reported on the Daily Mail investigation of a so-called 'cash for eggs' scandal which suggested women on low incomes are induced to provide eggs for use in the fertility treatment of others. The coverage, which prompting swift responses f
When we set out over ten years ago to carry out research about infertility within British South Asian communities, little was known about how involuntary childlessness and its possible resolution with assisted conception was experienced by members of minority ethnic communities in the UK...
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