Lesbian couple sues in Canberra Damages of A$317,000 have been awarded to a lesbian couple in the Australian capital of Canberra because their IVF treatment...

Some problems may not emerge until later in life The health risks of IVF have been highlighted by the New York Times. Reporter Gina Kolata...

Jeffrey Steinberg offers choice of hair, eye colour and complexion Although most fertility clinics declare that they will not create "designer babies" for their clients,...

OctoMum ignores criticism The birth of IVF octuplets to a divorced, unemployed 33-year-old woman who already had 6 IVF children raises so many bioethical questions...

Bureaucratic foot-dragging blamed Outrage over OctoMum and her 14 IVF children has led to calls for tough regulation of fertility clinics. If only it were...

The risk is small that previously believed. Is it unethical to marry your cousin? Obviously the answer must depend on the risk of birth defects...

Whole field could be discredited by radical paper from MIT researcher Neuroscientists are learning more and more about the brain. In the past few years,...

What about stem cells and abortion? President Barack Obama's inauguration speech has been examined syllable by syllable to discern the policies of his administration. Its...

If we can’t abort them, where will we draw the line, asks Guardian columnist What should happen when a prenatal test for autism becomes available?...