Alabama Supreme Court ruling classes frozen embryos as children
The Alabama Supreme Court has declared that frozen embryos have the same legal status as children in the state...
Blair Sowry is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews. He has been working as an embryologist in the UK for nine years, following working in New Zealand for two years and completing his training. Blair has now decided on a career change to the legal profession and recently completed a Graduate Diploma of Law.
by Blair Sowry
The Alabama Supreme Court has declared that frozen embryos have the same legal status as children in the state...
by Blair Sowry
A Connecticut woman discovered that her ex-boyfriend is her half-brother, after it transpired a fertility doctor used his own sperm in her mother's treatment...
by Blair Sowry
An intravaginal insemination device has become the first of its kind to receive US Food and Drug Administration clearance...
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The UK government has committed to changing laws which prevent same-sex couples affected by HIV from accessing fertility treatment...
by Blair Sowry
An appeal considered by the Alabama Supreme Court has questioned why the accidental destruction of embryos does not constitute wrongful death...
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A New Jersey couple whose son was born via surrogacy in Mexico, has been unable to return with him to the USA...
by Blair Sowry
A New Zealand fertility clinic has been criticised by the Health and Disability Commissioner, after losing cancer patient's frozen sperm...
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China is considering extending access to IVF treatment to single and unmarried women in an attempt to halt its population decline...
by Blair Sowry
One in four women who disclose to their employer they are undergoing IVF treatment are then treated unfairly at work, a survey of more than 3500 women has shown...
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An Israeli couple whose daughter was born following an embryo mix-up is suing their fertility clinic for $27 million...
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