WHO backs IVF industry’s call for government funding for infertility
Large numbers of people are affected by infertility in their lifetime, according to a new report published the World Health Organization. Around 17.5% of the...
Intended parents should get legal status from birth, says British surrogacy review
In a joint report, the Law Commission of England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission have rejected commercial surrogacy but backed legal parenthood from...
Cease and desist: Dutch sperm donor who has fathered 550 children is being sued
A Dutch woman and a foundation for children of sperm donors are suing a Dutch man for fathering too many children. Forty-one-year-old Jonathan Jacob Meijer,...
Asia-Pacific IVF market could reach US$46 billion by 2031
According to a market survey by Allied Market Research, IVF is booming in the Asia-Pacific region. The market size was about $9.3 billion in 2021...
Permitting IVF polygenic testing is a slippery slope to genome editing in hyper-competitive Asian societies like Singapore
The Asia-Pacific region has seen rapid economic growth over the past few decades, fueled in large part by hyper-competitive social norms and Confucian values of...
The mouse with two dads, no mum
Using stem cell technology, scientists in Japan have succeeded in breeding mice with two fathers and no mother. Katsuhiko Hayashi, of the University of Osaka,...
Should slavery be invoked in debates about embryos?
A Virginia judge has referred to an 1849 statute about ownership of slaves in his deliberations about the fate of frozen embryos. Fairfax County Circuit...
Mitochondrial donation: sold as a miracle, now it seems that it could CAUSE disease
One of the most controversial procedures in artificial reproduction is “three-parent IVF”. After acrimonious debates, it was legalised in the United Kingdom, Singapore, and Australia....
Idaho: the capital of American surrogacy
The American state of Idaho is studying a bill to regulate commercial surrogacy. The local media describe this as “a thriving Idaho industry”. Apparently Idaho...
Experts from 75 countries call for the abolition of surrogacy
A hundred experts from 75 countries have signed a declaration demanding the abolition of surrogacy because it offends human dignity and commodifies women and children....
‘Bumble for surrogates’: American doctor launches surrogacy app
The internet is changing how healthcare is delivered in ways that subvert laws, regulations, and medical conventions. Start-up companies are offering medication abortions, along with...
‘Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive’
The Atlantic has a regular advice column written by psychotherapist Lori Gottlieb, the author of Maybe You Should Talk To Someone and co-host of the...