Cheap, effective alternative to IVF may be possible
Flushing the fallopian tubes has been very successfulThe fertility industry could have a strong competitor after a cheap, simple, time-tested fertility remedy has been proved...
Dutch fertility doctor accused of using his own sperm
But he died in April so potential children are suing to access DNA materialDr Jan Karbaat was a leading fertility doctor in The Netherlands in...
Trump to expand funding ban on abortion
Mexico City policy will cover international health programs as well US president Donald Trump has announced broader restrictions on funding for foreign aid organisations that assist...
Do donor children benefit from knowing their origins?
A Belgian bioethicist says NoFolk wisdom, world literature and common sense suggest that donor-children benefit from knowing their biological origins. Yet a recent article...
UK Gay dads go into international surrogacy business
Illegal in Britain, but not in the USBritain’s most famous gay dads are at the centre of a controversy over their surrogate mother business. Tony...
Beware of IVF incest, ethicists warn clinics
ART clinics must prepare for “intrafamilial reproductive arrangementsâ€, says the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.Oedipus led from Thebes by his daughter (and sister) Antigone IVF...
UK IVF providers trading “free treatment” for egg donation
Journalists allege that women are being pressuring into exchanging eggs for free IVF treatment. The Human Fertility and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has announced an investigation...
Recreating the womb for preemies
US researchers are close to an artificial womb for extremely premature babies Researchers have moved a step closer to ectogenesis – brewing babies in an...
Parents deserve kids with their own genes – Singapore court
A Singaporean court has ruled that parents have a strong interest in their 'genetic affinity' with their children. A Singaporean court recently ruled that parents...
Will India ban commercial surrogacy?
A huge and growing industry is under threat The government of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has released a draft of a bill regulating the...
Three-parent babies green-lighted in the UK
Newcastle University to begin treating couples A genetically engineered baby could be born in the UK before Christmas. The UK government has given a licence...
Costa Rica’s resistance to legal IVF crumbles
First child born in local clinicRonald Reyes/The Tico Times A girl named Maria José has become the first IVF baby to be born...