Germany seeks to increase organ supply
Germany has amended legislation to promote organ donation. After years of debate, people over 16 will be regularly asked by their health insurance company if...
When will the international surrogacy market be put under the microscope?
Hi there, From time to time, the death of a young person in the United States sparks an uproar, not just nationally, but internationally. When...
Do reproductive rights survive gender reassignment?
Another adventure in the Wild West of assisted reproduction, this time from Israel. An Israeli woman who is undergoing sex reassignment surgery wants to freeze...
South African activists begin euthanasia campaign
South African supporters of physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia launched a campaign for legalisation this week. South African supporters of physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia launched a...
70 assisted suicides in Washington state in 2011
The number of Washington state residents who died of physician-assisted suicide rose to 70 last year, up from 51 in 2010 and 36 in 2009,...
Would-be grandparents pay for their daughters’ egg freezing
More and more baby-boomers, desperate to have grandchildren, are pushing daughters to freeze their eggs, the New York Times reports. More and more baby-boomers, desperate...
US bioethics centre queried about ties to drug industry
The US Senate's Finance Committee has asked seven organisations, including the well-known Center for Practical Bioethics, in Kansas City, for information about financial ties to...
A dramatic shift of direction for a stem cell advocate
Michael J. Fox has changed his mind on human embryonic stem cell researchFive or six years ago the ethical dilemmas in human embryonic stem cell...
Aggressive IVF puts women and babies at risk, experts say
Aggressive IVF treatments at clinics in the UK are putting women and babies at risk, experts say. Aggressive IVF treatments at clinics in the UK...
After surrogacy, an unexpected pregnancy
Misty Baker turned to a surrogate after ten years of fighting with infertility - and now Baker and her surrogate are both pregnant with twins....
After IVF, an unexpected pregnancy
Despite diagnoses of infertility, some couples who have sought fertility treatments find that they later have a baby naturally, according to a new French study....
Sperm donation is a roll of the genetic dice
After many failed attempts at conceiving a second child, using many medical treatments, a doctor told Sharine and Brian Kretchmar to find a sperm donor....