Shady American company advertises kit for semen theft
A Texas company marketing its “at home insemination kit” on social media is encouraging women to use the semen from a partner’s used condom to...
What’s all the fuss about genetic parenthood?
Some bioethicists question the importance of a genetic relationship between parents and children. What matters, they argue is a supportive family environment, not genes. In...
UK lesbian couple swap embryos and carry each other’s child
Another dispatch from the Reproductive Revolution. A lesbian couple in the United Kingdom have successfully given birth to two boys through simultaneous reciprocal IVF. Both of...
Singapore should ban reproductive applications of synthetic human embryos
In recent years, Singapore has invested heavily in developing its biomedical industry. Of particular interest for policymakers are new assisted reproductive technology (ART) platforms and...
Singapore will need to confront ethical and moral dilemmas with artificial womb technology
We are facing a brave new world with artificial womb technology (AWT). This refers to bioengineered systems for the gestation of human offspring outside the...
Israeli team creates synthetic human embryos without eggs or sperm
An Israeli research team at the Weizmann Institute of Science has created artificial human embryos from stem cells cultured in the lab – and managed...
Is conception by robots the future of IVF?
IVF is becoming more and more remote from the mother and father responsible for an embryo’s creation. Scientists in Barcelona, Spain, claim that they are...
Artificial wombs will free women from ‘barbaric pregnancies’
It's not here yet, but a Norwegian bioethicist has already constructed a moral argument for ectogenesis, or bringing babies to term in artificial wombs. Writing...