In 1998 she founded the non-profit association Madre Provetta, of which she is President, with the objective of pursuing a cultural and political investigation of the impact of biotechnologies on society, and of proposing a non-profit guidance service for infertile couples. She has written a number of monographs on the subject, as well as numerous articles. She is editor-in-chief of the online publication Vita di Donna; since 2003 she has been writing for l'Espresso and has collaborated with Radio Radicale since 2006.