Do women suffer from depression after their abortions?
“It’s important for folks to know that abortion does not cause mental health problems,” Debra Mollen, of Texas Woman’s University, told the American Psychological Association...
A sperm donor’s can of worms
Assuming that letters to Slate’s agony aunt are 100% the real deal is a bit dangerous. A failed novelist in Brooklyn claims that he managed...
Chinese hospital suspended after handing out fake birth certificates
Chinese authorities have suspended a Wuhan hospital’s ability to issue birth certificates after allegations of trafficking and falsified paternity certificates. The allegations surfaced on a...
Does The Pill make women more fearful and anxious?
More than 150 million women worldwide use oral contraceptives. Combined OCs (COCs), made up of synthetic hormones, are the most common. Sex hormones are also...
Mother fears that Queensland man may have fathered 1000 children
A lesbian mother in the Australian state of Queensland has discovered that the anonymous sperm donor who is the biological father of all five of...
Why is the Scottish government recruiting egg donors?
The Scottish Government and National Health Service Scotland are running a campaign to recruit egg and sperm donors. “If it’s right for you then you...
American IVF doctors adopt ‘inclusive’ definition of fertility
According to the World Health Organisation, “Infertility is a disease of the male or female reproductive system defined by the failure to achieve a pregnancy...
Israel’s disaster leads to requests for posthumous sperm retrieval
Hundreds of young men, both civilian and military, died in Hamas’s terror attack on Israel on October 7. Immediately afterwards, embryologists and IVF specialists reported...
Italy is cracking down on surrogacy
The Italian government is cracking down on both commercial and altruistic surrogacy, dismaying many gay couples. According to a feature in the Wall Street Journal,...
Americans wrestle with definition of abortion
Abortion is just as inflammable and divisive an issue as ever in the United States, but the rhetoric is changing. The best illustration of the...
Japanese scientists foresee artificial eggs and sperm in next decade
IVG, in vitro gametogenesis, is one of the most radical offshoots of IVF. Scientists are rushing to be the first to create “artificial” eggs and...
Specialist transgender fertility clinic opens in Pittsburgh
As evidence of the increasing social and financial clout of transgender people, a clinic specialising in IVF for transgender men (i.e, natal women) will open...