Australia recognises “non-specific sex” as legal option
The Australian High Court has ruled that people can be officially recognised as a non-specific sex. Norrie, in Sydney. EPA, via London Telegraph Because much...
Blow to Germany’s animal lovers
Germany is a very big blip on the radar of BioEdge’s Reproductive Revolution Weirdness Watch this week.Germany is a very big blip on the radar...
State to pay for Massachusetts murderer’s sex change
A Massachusetts man with gender identity disorder murdered his wife in 1990 when she discovered him wearing her clothes. He was sentenced to life in...
British woman who had sex change has given birth
The distinction between sex and gender has become even more complex, with Britain’s first transgendered “male mother” believed to have given birth. The distinction between...
Are Indian doctors turning girls into boys for parents who wanted a son?
If you are looking for lurid consequences of India’s worsening gender ratio, look no longer. Millions of girls are missing, aborted because of a deeply...
Woman had 2 children after secretly taking ex-husband’s frozen sperm
A father was forced to pay his ex-wife £100,000 so that she can raise two children she conceived via IVF without his consent after secretly...
surrogate motherhood and the Daily Mail
Hi there, Drizzle or no drizzle, there are times when I wish that I lived in London – when I get my hands on a...
IVF mix-up mum to have twins with a surrogate
Another adventure in the Wild West of assisted reproduction. Carolyn and Sean Savage, of Ohio, had two boys conceived naturally and an IVF daughter. But...
“What on earth have I done?” asks 58-year-old mother of IVF twins
Another chapter in the reproductive revolution from the UK: 58-year-old Carole Hobson, a single woman, is now the mother of twins. Not exactly her twins....
72 not out, and feeling broody
Romanian woman considers a second child A Romanian woman who was pipped as the world’s oldest mother by a 70-year-old Indian woman is considering giving...
Court awards custody of Australian baby to four gay parents
All fine people, says JudgeAnother instalment in the Amazing Adventures of Reproductive Technology. Baby E was born in Melbourne in 2008. His mother and her...
Surrogate: I will give birth to bin Laden’s grandchild
Another story of tangled relationshipsWe missed this story when it broke, but it is too good to pass up. British serial surrogate Louise Pollard has...