IVF exploitation alleged by British journalist
“Nothing less than criminal”, writes woman after her fertility journey The headline in The Independent (UK) over a story by freelance journalist Rachel Tompkins says...
Will IVF affect human evolution?
Will couples pass infertility on to their children? Natural selection is one of the principal mechanisms of evolution -- “survival of the fittest”, as it...
Older women’s desire for children exploited by some IVF clinics, says HFEA head
Aggressive sales tactics are used to sell treatment Women over 40 with little hope of conceiving a baby are being exploited by greedy IVF clinics,...
Dame Mary Warnock, IVF ethics pioneer, dies aged 94
Her work laid the foundation for fertility and embryology legislation in the UK.British moral philosopher Dame Mary Warnock, a public intellectual who laid the foundation...
Little progress in ensuring the safety of IVF freezing tanks, one year after two catastrophic failures
No single government agency is responsible for checking In an extraordinary coincidence last year, the freezing tanks at two major American IVF centres malfunctioned, destroying...
Are IVF embryos persons? A mum and dad who lost theirs say they are
Serious consequences for clinics if their lawsuit succeeds On March 3 a liquid nitrogen storage tank at the University Hospitals Fertility Center in Cleveland failed. More...
US company offers IVF risk test for low intelligence
Not part of a slippery slope, says IVF expert An American genomics company is negotiating with IVF clinics to provide a risk test for embryos...
Michelle Obama’s IVF kids
As sometimes happens, most of our stories this week centre on assisted suicide and euthanasia in various jurisdictions. However, our lead story is about Michelle...
Michelle Obama opens up about her IVF children
Both of the Obama's children were conceived via IVF. Former US First Lady Michelle Obama has revealed that her two children were conceived by IVF...
French ethics committee opposes euthanasia, endorses IVF for all women
The report recommends palliative sedation as a legal alternative. A peak ethics authority in France has recommended that the prohibition on assisted suicide in the...
Man discovers that partner had sperm swapped for lover’s during IVF
Doctors at the Moscow clinic cooperated with the woman's request. A Russian man has successfully sued an IVF clinic in Moscow after his wife secretly...
IVF kids risk early arterial hypertension
Larger studies are needed to confirm results Children conceived through assisted reproductive technologies may be at an increased risk of developing arterial hypertension early in...