Abortion legalised in Australia’s most populous state
Fierce debate threatened to fracture government NSW Parliament Abortion will be legal everywhere in Australia after the New South Wales Parliament passed a bill decriminalising...
Another IVF mix-up creates a child and destroys a marriage
Caucasian New Jersey couple have child with Asian features Drew Wasilewski and Kristina Koedderich For headline writers, IVF is the gift that keeps on giving....
73-year-old Indian woman gives birth to twins
“The happiest time of my life,” says her husband Mangayamma Yaramati and her husband, Sitarama Rajarao, at their baby shower A 73-year-old woman has given birth...
Disabled child abandoned in Ukraine shines light on troubled surrogacy industry
Children are being abandoned by their commissioning parentsUkraine’s troubled commercial surrogacy industry is in the news again. Authorities have expressed concern after reports emerged of...
‘Sperm sharing’ schemes in UK make IVF cheaper
Helps to solve sperm shortage, say clinics Some IVF clinics are resorting to “sperm sharing” arrangements to increase the supply of sperm and lower the...
Push in Germany for legalisation of surrogacy
Free Democrats release position paper on liberalising fertility treatment A German politician is pushing for a thorough-going revision of family law to allow altruistic surrogacy....
India could ban commercial surrogacy
Probably no country knows more about the dangers of commercial surrogacy than India. And at the moment, it looks as though it could be banned...
India could ban commercial surrogacy
Lok Sabha passes controversial bill A controversial bill banning commercial surrogacy has passed the lower house (Lok Sabha) of the Indian Parliament. If it passes...
Ohio family devastated by IVF error
They discovered it through a DNA test Joseph Cartellone addresses the media Rebecca Cartellone received the worst Christmas gift of her life last year –...
China vows research oversight after gene-editing scandal
China plans to establish a national research ethics advisory committee. China says it plans to establish a national committee to advise policy makers on research...
More surrogate mothers jailed in Cambodia
Some freed provided that they raise children as their own Children in Phnom Penh / by Ronny Sison on Unsplash Cambodia is continuing to jail surrogate mothers. Three women...
Indian authorities investigate extraordinary story of sex-selective abortion
Despite the headlines, it could be a statistical glitch Authorities are investigating a possible epidemic of sex-selective abortions in Uttarkashi, a province in the remote...