Consumer fertility tests: five minutes with . . . Brooke Nickel

“Feminist narratives have been increasingly co-opted or hijacked by commercial entities. Industry, consumer, and advocacy groups and media organisations now promote technology, drugs, or interventions to more women than are likely to benefit. Often these things are not backed by evidence. They overstate the benefits and underplay the harm, and they use precise, persuasive messaging to do so. This really increases the risk of harm through inappropriate medicalisation, overdiagnosis, …