Is the Biden campaign using abortion as its trump card?
Joe Biden is making abortion rights a central plank in his re-election campaign. Earlier this week he signed a new executive order about reproductive health...
After Supreme Court decision, Alabama protects IVF – but has it gone too far?
Alabama’s legislature and governor moved quickly to protect IVF after its Supreme Court startled the nation by ruling that embryos were “extrauterine children”. This left...
The abortion pill controversy mixes science, law and politics in a toxic brew
Medication abortions accounted for 63% of all abortions in the United States in 2023, according to a report from the Guttmacher Institute. In 2020, only...
European Parliament deputies call for abortion to be made a ‘fundamental right’
France’s decision to include a right to abortion in its constitution has revived moves to include it in European Union’s Charter of Fundamental Rights. “Deciding about one’s...
Scientists move step closer to making IVF eggs from skin cells
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have developed a promising technique for creating artificial eggs. In the journal Science Advances they described the process: they transferred the...
Licence of London fertility clinic suspended after losing embryos
After a decision by the Supreme Court of Alabama in a case about the destruction of embryos sent ripples around the world, errors in IVF...
France incorporates abortion into its constitution
France has become the first country in the world to guarantee a right to abortion in its constitution. Lawmakers in a joint sitting of the...
Thailand to reopen international surrogacy market
Thailand is planning to reverse course and legalise surrogacy for foreigners, nine years after it banned it. "If the bill passes, it will be the first...
US politicians wary of endorsing IVF decision by Alabama court
Politicians are pushing back against the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling that frozen IVF embryos are “extrauterine children”. Doctors say that this will make IVF almost...
Drama about surrogacy popular in Israel
Israelis have a lot of drama on their plate at the moment after October 7 – war in Gaza, possible war with Hamas, international turmoil...
Singapore should beware of the pitfalls of subsidizing private IVF treatment
Singapore faces a demographic milestone as its total fertility rate (TFR) for 2023 has for the first time dropped below one to 0.97 births per woman,...
A ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court sends shivers up the spine of America’s IVF industry
A stunning decision by the Alabama Supreme Court has sent shivers throughout the US IVF industry. It ruled last week that frozen embryos must be...