Jennifer Lopez would consider adoption
Jennifer Lopez confessed that it would be a "blessing" to be a mother once again and said that she was open to adopting a child in a meeting with the press in Los Angeles to present her latest film,...
View ArticleRisks to mother & child from aggressive IVF
Professor Geeta Nargund, head of reproductive medicine at St George's Hospital in south London, has voiced her concerns at a conference in Copenhagen about aggressive and unnecesary IVF procedures....
View ArticleParental Orders
These orders that can be applied where a child has been conceived using assisted reproduction through surrogacy. The order will state that the child is to be treated as the child of those applying for...
View ArticleAfrican adoptions increasing
A report by the African Child Policy Forum has stated that overseas adoptions of African children have increased more than fivefold in the past seven years, as overseas adoptions from other parts of...
View ArticleBest season for IVF treatment?
Apparently there is one season which is better for IVF success than any other, and the season is.....spring. Not that surprising really. Research published in July's Gynecological Endocrinology found...
View ArticleWoman sues FDA over right to use sperm
A California woman is suing the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over its "unconstitutional" sperm donor policies. The lesbian woman wants to conceive a child with her female partner and a male...
View ArticleIs sperm really a marital asset?
A wife whose husband has donated sperm without her knowledge to a clinic has called for a change in regulations to make a husband’s sperm deemed a “marital asset”. The unnamed women has written to the...
View ArticleFDA guidelines for gay sperm donors
To the dismay of gay-rights activists, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the US is about to implement new rules recommending that any man who has engaged in homosexual sex in the previous five...
View ArticleParents to sue Michigan state over adoption
Parents in Michigan, US are planning to file a federal lawsuit in Detroit, claiming that the state and adoption agency officials withheld crucial details about the physical and mental disabilities in...
View ArticleBarclays employee stole to pay for IVF
An employee at Barclays Bank stole cash to pay off debts he ran up paying for IVF treatment to start a family. The worker, Jagtar Binning took more than £4,000 from the accounts of Barclays customers...
View ArticleNHS Fife to stop IVF for smokers and obese
NHS Fife in Scotland has announced it will refuse fertility treatment to patients who smoke or overweight. The restrictions will apply from 1st October 2012, stopping couples where either partner...
View ArticleDanish law change due to sperm bank genetic disease issue
Danish sperm bank Nordisk Cryobank failed to screen for a rare genetic condition that was subsequently passed by a donor to at least 5 children "fathered" by him. In response the Danish Government is...
View ArticleCalifornian research into IVF baby defects
Infants conceived by IVF are at significantly greater risk of birth defects compared to naturally conceived babies, according to a report from the University of California Medical Center. 'Our findings...
View ArticleSingle embryos in IVF treatment
A study presented at the Fertility 2013 conference, looked at the difference in live births in one fertility centre in Leicester pre-2009, when both single- and double-embryo transfers were carried...
View ArticleUK IVF NHS treatment extended
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued new NHS guidelines that state couples struggling to have a baby should get fertility treatment more quickly and older women...
View ArticleJayne Torvill talks about IVF attempts
The one-time Olympic star struggled as she talked for the first time publicly about her decision to adopt. During the interview with Piers Morgan her ice-skating partner Christopher Dean spoke for the...
View ArticleSuccess rates and pressures in IVF treatment
Interesting article by John Farrell at Forbes.com about the success rates for IVF and the pressures that come from searching for success. After more than 30 years of IVF successes, starting with Louise...
View ArticleCheap Co2 IVF treatment
Fertility doctors in Belgium claim they can dramatically reduce the cost of actual IVF fertility treatment by producing a cheap supply of Co2. Carbon dioxide is used in the fertility treatment process...
View ArticleOnline NI sperm donor legal battle
An online sperm donor who is alleged to have used natural insemination (NI) instead of artificial insemination (AI) has been ordered by a UK court to pay £300,000 in legal fees and child maintenance....
View ArticleKeanu Reeves to adopt?
According to various celebrity magazines and papers Hollywood star Keanu Reeves is considering adoption. His previous girlfriends Sandra Bullock and Charlize Theron have both gone on to adopt children....
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