Bill introduced to ban cousin marriage
A Conservative MP has called on Parliament to ban marriage between first cousins...
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.
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A Conservative MP has called on Parliament to ban marriage between first cousins...
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The High Court has rejected a woman's application to use her deceased daughter's eggs for posthumous conception through surrogacy...
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The Philippine embassy in Cambodia has confirmed 20 Filipino women brought to the country for surrogacy purposes have been rescued...
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Republican senators in the USA have voted against a bill which aimed to allow greater access to IVF treatment across the country...
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A Texas judge has frozen the assets of a company holding surrogacy payments, while the FBI conduct an investigation...
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The Supreme Court of Texas is deciding whether to hear a case which could have major implications for IVF treatment in the state...
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A Canadian DNA testing company sold prenatal paternity tests to customers knowing the results were inaccurate, an investigation revealed...
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The Alabama Supreme Court has declared that frozen embryos have the same legal status as children in the state...
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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...
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An intravaginal insemination device has become the first of its kind to receive US Food and Drug Administration clearance...
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