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Presentations & EXHIBITIONS
“Reunion Status: It’s Complicated,” Adoption Knowledge Affiliates, Virtual, 8 November 2024.
“Identity: Are We There Yet,” Concerned United Birth Parents (CUB), Kansas City MO, 27-29 September 2024.
DNA Surprise Retreat, Phoenix AZ, 19-24 September 2024.
Exhibitor, National Conference of State Legislators, Louisville KY, 5-7 August 2024.
HOST, Untangling Our Roots, Denver CO, 25-28 April 2024.
“Unknown Family Ties: How to Navigate Parentage Disclosures with Empathy and Care,” RootsTech, Salt Lake City UT, 2 March 2024.
Exhibitor, Roots Tech, Salt Lake City UT, 29 February – 2 March 2024.
“Why Genetic Identity Rights Matter” Adoption Knowledge Affiliates, Virtual, 4 November 2023.
Bear Witness Filming, Concerned United Birth Parents (CUB), Redondo Beach CA, 13-15 October 2023.
Poster Presentation: “Cognitive Dissonance (CD), Misattributed Parentage (MP), and the Best Interest of the Child” with National Society for Genetic Counselors, Chicago IL, 17-21 September 2023.
Exhibitor, National Conference of State Legislators, Indianapolis IN, 5-7 August 2023.
Exhibitor, The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Virtual, 5-12 August 2023.
Moth Stories, 3 June 2023.
Exhibitor, “Family History Conference,” National Genealogical Society, Richmond VA 31 May-3 June 2023.
HOST, Untangling Our Roots, Louisville KY, 30 March-1 April 2023.
“Living with the Loss of Genetic Continuity,” Concerned United Birth Parents (CUB), Tampa FL, 14-16 October 2022.
“Marcie & Kara: Untangling Our Roots” NAAP – National Association of Adoptees and Parents Happy Hour, Virtual, 26 August 2022.
Plenary Speaker, “Genetic Identity Rights In Adoption & Assisted Reproduction: Ethical & Psychological Implications,” Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys (AAAA), New York NY, 1-3 May 2022.
Jefferson Infertility Counseling Conference, Philadelphia PA, 27-30 April 2022.
“Leading By Example Through Transparency: Your Donor-Conceived Child’s First Lesson in Trust,” ASRM – American Society for Reproductive Medicine, 27 April 2022.
“ASRM 2021 Panel: Open-Identity Gamete Donation: What Are the Children Saying?“, hosted by Jillian Phillips, ASRM – American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Virtual, 17-20 October 2021.
“The Intersectionality of Misattributed Parentage Experiences”, NAAP – National Association of Adoptees and Parents Happy Hour, Virtual, 18 June 2021.
NEwS Media
“A cop took a DNA test. He learned his biological dad was locked up for murder,” Washington Post, 27 November 2024.
“Rep. Roth: House must pass fertility fraud package, protect women,” Michigan House Republicans, 27 February 2024.
“Will it be illegal for fertility doctors to secretly inseminate patients in Washington state?” KUOW, 22 February 2024.
DNA testing kits are opening up potentially painful memories for some“, WCCO News Talk Radio, 23 December 2023.
“McClain Leads Bipartisan Fighting Fertility Fraud Act of 2023,” McClain House, 26 May 2023.
“Bills Introduced to Combat Fertililty Fraud,” Michigan House Dems, 9 March 2023.
“State lawmakers push to prevent fertility fraud after doctor fathers dozens,” Fox17Online, 9 March 2023.
“Washington Senate passes bill criminalizing fertility fraud“, 97.3FM Kiro News Radio, 27 February 2023.
“The Gift – Bonus Episode: Hacked,” BBC Sounds, 9 February 2023.
“Genetically Jewish,” The Little Red Notebook – Jenny Kleeman, 29 September 2023.
“Genetics: How a DNA Test Can Change Someone’s Life,” Vijesti Online, 8 November 2023.
“Spokane doctor uses his own sperm in fertility care, lawsuit alleges,” Seattle Times, 26 October 2023.
“DNA Tests Have Nasty Side Effects,” Futurism, 8 October 2023.
“The Gift – Race,” BBC Sounds, 4 October 2023.
“A family did at-home DNA tests to check for health issues. They learned their son had a different father thanks to a fertility clinic error,” Business Insider, 12 September 2023.
“Autonomy, DNA Surprises, and Barbie: What’s the Connection?,” Severance Magazine, 31 July 2023.
“Fertility fraud draws regulatory attention in Michigan,” Midland Daily News, 29 December 2022.
“Legislature weighs parole eligibility for longest-serving inmates,” Nola.com, 25 April 2022.
“Why My Truth Matters More than Your Comfort,” by Brad Ewell, Lavender Luv, 26 Nov 2022.
“Her At-Home DNA Test Revealed a Huge Family Secret,” by Tamron Hall, 24 October 2022.
“EPISODE 7: ‘Right to Know’ nonprofit helps victims of fertility fraud,” by Samana Sheikh, 19 October 2022.
“DNA Results Changed Their Lives” by Racquel Williams, Bridging Philly, 18 Oct 2022.
“Woman Discovers Her True Ethnicity” by Isiah Factor Uncensored, Fox Soul, 10 Oct 2022.
“Finding Out You’re Not Who You Thought You Were,” by Jane Adams Ph.D., Psychology Today, 30 Sept 2022.
“Home DNA tests have stripped anonymity from donor conception, with huge implications for the industry” by Michelle Talsma Everson, NextAvenue, 29 Sept 2022.
“3 people describe the shock of discovering through at-home DNA tests that they were a different race than they’d thought,” by Jane Ridley, Insider, 21 Sept 2022.
“I thought I was biracial my entire life” by Jane Ridley, Insider, 18 Aug 2022.
“Iowans describe DNA surprises and praise a new state law protecting victims” by River to River, NPR, 22 July 2022.
“‘Frustrated.’ Proposed Fertility Fraud Laws in NY Legislative Session” by Gary Craig, Democrat & Chronicle, 2 June 2022.
“As DNA Donors’ Secrets Emerge, What Should the Children Know?” by Amy Dockser Marcus, The Wall Street Journal, 27 May 2022.
“Fertility Fraud Bill Sent to Governor’s Desk After Almost Unanimous Support,” by Max Tedford, KWWL NBC, 24 May 2022.
“Woman Learns Parents’ Fertility Doctor is Really Her Biological Father,” by Samana Sheikh, News 19, 31 March 2022.
“DNA Deceptions,” WSVN 7News Miami, 15 March 2022.
“Rochester Fertility Fraud Cases Provide Momentum to Push for NY Laws,” by Gary Craig, Democrat & Chronicle, 4 March 2022.
“DNA Sleuthing Led to Lawsuit Against Controversial OB-GYN,” by Gary Craig, Democrat & Chronicle, 28 February 2022.
“In Olympia, magic mushrooms are a no-go, and missing middle house pushes forward,” Soundside, KUOW, 9 February 2022.
“Washington State Eyes Criminalizing ‘Doctor Conceived’ Fertility Fraud,” The Crime Report, 3 February 2022.
“New Bipartisan Measures Provide New Safeguards for Fraudulent Fertility Information,” Michigan House Republicans, 1 February 2022.
“Washington Lawmakers are Considering Criminalizing Fertility Fraud – but what exactly is that?” Soundside, KUOW, 31 January 2022.
“Home DNA Tests Can Lead to Shock and Trauma, but Mental Health Resources are Scarce,” by Aparna Nathan, The Inquirer, 28 October 2021.
“The Children of Sperm Donors Want to Chante the Rules of Conception“ by Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 15 October 2021.
“DNA Kit and a Genetic Identity Shift“ by Kate Murphy, Kate Murphy Therapy, July 2021.
“Your Voice Matters – Advocacy: Misattributed Parentage Experiences” by Kara Rubinstein Deyerin, Severance Magazine, 28 June 2021.
“How an Iowa Victim of Fertility Fraud Untangled the Mystery of his Birth and Found New Purpose, The Des Moines Register, 13 May 2021.
“Bill Would Make Fraud in Fertility Treatments a Crime,” by Rod Boshart, The Gazette, 2 March 2021.
“Watching & Waiting,” by Brad Ewell, Severance Magazine, 6 January 2021.
“Fertility Doctors Used Their Sperm to Get Patients Pregnant. The Children Want Justice“ by Katie Mc Bride, Vice News, 6 January 2021.
“Why Men Don’t Want to Talk About It,” by Brad Ewell, Severance Magazine, 6 January 2021.
“DNA Testing is Unearthing Local Fertility Fraud Cases” by Jared Whitlock, Voice of San Diego, 5 January 2021.
“Dear Mom & Dad,” by Brad Ewell, Severance Magazine, 31 December 2020.
“An Unexpected Abandonment,” by Brad Ewell, Severance Magazine, 10 December 2020.
“Donor Deceived: Woodinville Woman is Seeking to Change Fertility Fraud Laws,” by Laura Guido, The Woodinville Weekly, 25 November 2020.
“The Right to Know“ by BK Jackson, Severance Magazine, 7 January 2020.
You can hear us on the following podcasts
“Mystery Guest,” Missing Pieces NPE Life, 2 December 2023.
“Right To Know: a fundamental human right to know your genetic identity,” Once Upon a Time in Adoption Land, 1 August 2023.
Everything’s Relative with Eve Sturges, David Berry, Fertility Fraud, and Dr. Morris Wortman of Rochester NY: You Are Definitely the Father, 2 June 2023.
The Secrets in My DNA, The Right to Know – Brad’s Story, 5 Aug 2021.