Commercial surrogacy hammered in Rome
Momentum in growing in Europe for a global ban on surrogacy. Italy’s Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni has blasted surrogacy as an “inhuman practice”. Addressing a...
Canadian man wins right to a government-funded ‘penile-preserving vaginoplasty’
An Ontario man has won the right to government-funded gender-affirming surgery in the United States which will give him both a vagina and a penis. ...
14-year-olds will be able to change their gender legally in Germany
German lawmakers have made it easier for transgender, intersex and non-binary people to change their official gender. A controversial Self-Determination Act passed easily last week. ...
Gaza’s IVF embryos have been destroyed by Israeli bombs
One of the many casualties of the war in Gaza has been the embryos and gametes stored at the Al-Basma IVF Centre.An Israeli shell hit the...
UK doctors fear toxic abuse over their research on trans issues
Fallout from the Cass review of transgender medical treatment in the UK continues. The Guardian interviewed doctors and researchers who complained that mere discussion of...
Utah’s new stem cell law undermines FDA’s authority
The state of Utah has just enacted a law permitting patients to receive medical treatments using placental stem cells without formal approval by the United States' federal regulatory...
Belgian health care boss says euthanasia is the solution to an ageing population
The president of Belgium's biggest health care fund, Christian Mutualities (CM), has called for a radical solution to the problem of an ageing population. Luc...
Guidelines on gender related treatment let children down, says major UK report
A long-anticipated review has delivered a savage blow to guidelines for transgender medicine in the United Kingdom. The final report of the Independent Review of gender...
Trump plays it safe on abortion
Former president Donald Trump has finally unveiled his policy on abortion, which promises to be an incendiary issue in the 2024 election campaign. In a...
Vatican reaffirms critique of surrogacy and transgenderism in new document
Earlier this week the Vatican published a 16,000-word document reaffirming Catholic condemnations of a wide range of moral issues, from war to surrogacy and human...
What’s all the fuss about genetic parenthood?
Some bioethicists question the importance of a genetic relationship between parents and children. What matters, they argue is a supportive family environment, not genes. In...
UK lesbian couple swap embryos and carry each other’s child
Another dispatch from the Reproductive Revolution. A lesbian couple in the United Kingdom have successfully given birth to two boys through simultaneous reciprocal IVF. Both of...