Global sperm market reaches nearly US$5 billion
The global market for human sperm generated US$4.74 billion in 2019 and by 2027 will reach $4.86 billion, according to a market report from Allied...
Is the UK slowly approaching legalization of commercial surrogacy?
A debate over the legalization of commercial surrogacy is simmering away on the back burner in the United Kingdom. Last year the Law Commission of...
Beijing to subsidise IVF to boost falling birth rates
The city of Beijing is adding 16 reproductive health technologies to its health insurance programs in an effort to boost the birth rates. Other cities...
Biden backs abortion rights and transgender treatment for minors in his State of the Union address
President Joe Biden dug in his heels over two controversial bioethical issues in his State of the Union address on Wednesday. He began by giving...
Ukraine’s surrogacy agencies overlooked the worst-case scenario — war
Burnt-out tanks in snowy landscapes, thousands scrambling across borders with their suitcases, soldiers handing out automatic rifles like lollies to civilians, young families huddled together...
Colombia decriminalises abortion
Colombia’s constitutional court voted this week to decriminalize abortion in the first 24 weeks of pregnancy. Colombia is the third large country in Latin America...
Thailand may restore commercial surrogacy
In 2015 Thailand passed a law banning all commercial surrogacy for both Thai and international clients. “Altruistic surrogacy” is possible but severely restricted. This step...
No ethical obstacles to artificial gametes, says ethicist
While the development of induced pluripotent stem cells has opened up many avenues of research into promising therapies, it has also made possible the creation...
Washington state may criminalise fertility fraud
As more and more people discover through DNA tests that they are “doctor-conceived” instead of donor-conceived, Washington State’s Senate Committee on Law and Justice is...
Dutch IVF doctor secretly fathered at least 21 children
A third doctor who used his own sperm to inseminate his patients has surfaced in the Netherlands. A DNA investigation has shown that Dr Jan...
Ukraine surrogacy industry prepares for war
According to the BBC, “Russia says it has no plans to attack Ukraine: and armed forces chief Valery Gerasimov even denounced reports of an impending...
Meet the ‘world’s most prolific sperm donor’
An Englishman who describes himself as the "world's most prolific sperm donor", says he has fathered 129 children, and another nine on the way. His...