Inadvertent incest after IVF is real
Historic news flash in the chronicles of the Reproductive Revolution! A CNN investigation of the aftermath of “fertility fraud” – doctors impregnating their patients with their own...
Is one of the most common methods of IVF and expensive and dangerous waste of time?
One of the most common methods of IVF for infertile couples around the globe may be an expensive and invasive waste of time and may...
Leading French IVF specialist alarmed at fertility developments
One of France’s leading IVF experts appears to be having a change of heart about his specialty. René Frydman has no ethical objections to IVF,...
Redefining the family in the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights
In 1948 the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaimed that “Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion,...
American couples sue over faulty embryo culture media
Two Los Angeles couples are suing a company which supplied embryo culture media, CooperSurgical Inc, for failing to recall a toxic solution before it destroyed...
Boston IVF pioneer allegedly had a dark past
Boston IVF is celebrating its 35th anniversary in 2024. Its website declares proudly that “we firmly believe the true foundation of great patient care begins...
UK scientists call for embryo bank to increase material for research
Donations of “spare” IVF human embryos to scientific research in the UK have nosedived over the past 15 years, according to The Guardian. The latest...
The oldest mother in Africa is single and broke
A 70-year-old Ugandan woman has given birth to twins after receiving IVF treatment. Safina Namukwaya delivered a boy and a girl via caesarean in the...
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...
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...
Singapore should anticipate legal challenges over lesbian parenthood in reciprocal IVF
In a recent landmark court case in Hong Kong, a judge sided with a lesbian couple who wanted both women to have parental status over...
