Pope Francis continues to wage war on surrogacy
Fireworks erupted last week after Pope Francis demanded a global ban on the practice of surrogacy. He described it as “deplorable” and “a grave violation...
Fertility fraud may still be happening in US
One suspects that in the 1980s, wherever there was IVF, there was fertility fraud – doctors who secretly used their own sperm to inseminate patients....
Sperm donor administration in shambles in Dutch clinic
In a shocking revelation, the administration of the Leiden University Medical Centre’s (LUMC) sperm bank, which ceased operations in 2004, has been exposed as a...
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...
Court grants Australian widow permission for posthumous sperm extraction
A 62-year-old widow, known only as Ms H, has been granted permission by the Western Australia Supreme Court to extract sperm from her deceased husband....
Singapore should ban reproductive applications of synthetic human embryos
In recent years, Singapore has invested heavily in developing its biomedical industry. Of particular interest for policymakers are new assisted reproductive technology (ART) platforms and...
Fight over abortion continues in Texas
Texas has been a battleground over abortion for years and the shooting hasn’t stopped since the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade in Dobbs...
FDA approves at-home insemination kit
In another development in the commercialisation of assisted reproduction, an American company has received FDA approved for an artificial insemination kit. The product, called the...
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...
Singapore will need to confront ethical and moral dilemmas with artificial womb technology
We are facing a brave new world with artificial womb technology (AWT). This refers to bioengineered systems for the gestation of human offspring outside the...
Donor anonymity becomes a battleground in the US
Donor-conceived Americans who want the federal government to abolish donor anonymity are getting pushback from the LGBTQI+ lobby. On the one hand, the U.S. Donor...
Should there be a ‘dead donor rule’ for sperm donation?
Sperm donation creates a web of exceedingly complex relationships. The HeyReprotech Newsletter (a great Substack resource for news about assisted reproduction) recently profiled a married...