Blog Posts (11)
May 9, 2013
[BioEdge] Should parents be required to tell donor children of their origins? An influential British think-tank says No. The Nuffield Council on Bioethics this week published a report that says parents of donor-conceived children should be the ones to ...
May 8, 2013
[The Sydney Morning Herald]
The parents of a severely disabled boy have lost a $10 million case against an IVF specialist who failed to properly warn them of the likelihood their son would inherit a blood-clotting condition, but are considering appeali...
April 29, 2013
Original Commentary by BEI Young Professionals member Ayelet Evrony.
Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) is a highly effective technology that allows couples to preemptively screen a selection of embryos for an array of genetic disorders. Utilized ...
April 29, 2013
[The Seattle Times] Catholic health-care systems are actively taking over small hospitals in Washington, to the dismay of critics who say medical care should not be subject to religious restrictions.
Sedro-Woolley, a tiny Skagit County town in the Ca...
April 28, 2013
[Bio News] Last week, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics presented its report on ethical aspects of information sharing in donor conception. Although the moral acceptability of third-party reproduction is still debated, this report importantly starts...
April 17, 2013
This article raises interesting questions relating to medical tourism and a continual search for legal go-arounds.
[ABC News] Concerns are being raised about the use of surrogates in Thailand as a growing number of Australians look to the country in th...
March 17, 2013
[The Sacramento Bee] Five years ago, Alice Crisci froze her eggs, knowing she could be left infertile after chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer.
Now, cancer-free and 10 weeks pregnant, Crisci is a passionate donor advocate and a vocal critic of a ...
February 17, 2013
[Deutsche Welle] The decision of a regional appeals court in Hamm that the children of sperm donors have the right to know who their fathers are could have a wider impact – some 100,000 children in Germany were born to sperm donors.
For people who ...
February 10, 2013
[Washington Times] New York could soon shut down Catholic and other health care providers for not offering or referring for abortions. Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo, with enough support in the New York state legislature, could sign a reproductive health...
February 5, 2013
[CNN] Ireland’s government is to introduce a new law and regulations to clarify that abortions are permissible when the life — but not health — of the mother is at risk, Minister of Health James Reilly announced Tuesday.
The decision,...
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