American IVF clinics are happily offering sex selection
The United States is one of the few countries where IVF sex selection is legal – and it is a US$500 million market, according to a...
Gaza’s IVF embryos have been destroyed by Israeli bombs
One of the many casualties of the war in Gaza has been the embryos and gametes stored at the Al-Basma IVF Centre.An Israeli shell hit the...
RFK Jr’s vice-presidential pick is a vehement critic of IVF
IVF could be a major issue in the 2024 US Presidential campaign. So it’s interesting that the main independent candidate, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, has...
World IVF market is already US$25 billion
According to Vision Research Reports, the size of the global IVF market was estimated at US$25.3 billion in 2023. By 2023 it will be US$43.6 billion. The market...
Some Americans are disposing of their costly frozen embryos
The cost of storing frozen embryos is steadily rising in the United States, prompting some people to have them destroyed. The Washington Post interviewed several people in...
After Supreme Court decision, Alabama protects IVF – but has it gone too far?
Alabama’s legislature and governor moved quickly to protect IVF after its Supreme Court startled the nation by ruling that embryos were “extrauterine children”. This left...
Scientists move step closer to making IVF eggs from skin cells
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have developed a promising technique for creating artificial eggs. In the journal Science Advances they described the process: they transferred the...
Licence of London fertility clinic suspended after losing embryos
After a decision by the Supreme Court of Alabama in a case about the destruction of embryos sent ripples around the world, errors in IVF...
US politicians wary of endorsing IVF decision by Alabama court
Politicians are pushing back against the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling that frozen IVF embryos are “extrauterine children”. Doctors say that this will make IVF almost...
Singapore should beware of the pitfalls of subsidizing private IVF treatment
Singapore faces a demographic milestone as its total fertility rate (TFR) for 2023 has for the first time dropped below one to 0.97 births per woman,...
A ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court sends shivers up the spine of America’s IVF industry
A stunning decision by the Alabama Supreme Court has sent shivers throughout the US IVF industry. It ruled last week that frozen embryos must be...
The global demographic winter is good news for IVF clinics
It’s an ill wind that blows nobody good. Falling fertility rates around the world are worrying policy experts. The population of some countries will halve...