Sperm donation from deceased donors should be permitted, ethicists say
A new JME article makes the case for harvesting sperm from dead donors. Scientists should be allowed to harvest sperm from dead donors, according to...
Ethical questions over IVF research outsourced to Mexico
Even the editors of the journal which published it have criticised it It’s highly unusual for a journal to publish a research paper accompanied by...
Surrogacy agencies flock to Taiwan after legalisation of same-sex marriage
It could cost US$140,000 for a gay couple to get a baby American surrogacy agencies have flooded into Taiwan after the legalisation of same-sex marriage...
India continues to struggle with surrogacy
The Prime Minister should walk his talk about empowering women and confront the powerful IVF industryIndian author and activist Pinki Virani has been given a...
Hungary to offer free government IVF to reverse declining population
Hungary has taken a dramatic step to reverse its below-replacement birth rate: it has nationalised six IVF clinics and plans to offer citizens completely free...
We know about wanted abortions. What about the unwanted ones?
We know what Michelle Williams thinks. What about other women? Past controversies over the Golden Globes have revolved around boycotts, or the sobriety of the...
Researchers criticise IVF ‘add-ons’
IVF experts have criticised fertility clinics for marketing expensive additional therapiesIVF experts have criticised fertility clinics for selling expensive additional therapies to women receiving IVF...
In defence of conscientious objection
A leading ethics journal has published a feature issue on conscientious objectionA newly released edition of the journal Perspectives in Medicine and Biology focuses on...
Brain-damaged woman given permission to have IVF baby to get ‘more meaning and purpose in life’
Another controversial ruling from London’s Court of Protection The Court of Protection, in London, has to deal with head-spinning cases about people who are incapable...
When will #MeToo blow the whistle on IVF clinic pornography?
Porn is an essential part of clinic services Why hasn’t the #MeToo movement protested the close connection between the pornography industry and IVF clinics? Most...
Oregon doctor sues over ‘irresponsible’ use of his sperm by IVF clinic
After 30 years, he discovered that he had fathered at least 17 children Dr. Bryce Cleary and his biological daughter, Allysen Allee In a familiar...
French activists protest IVF for single women and lesbians
Legislation goes to the Senate next Thousands of activists marched in Paris last Sunday protesting legislation which will make it possible for single women and...