Video Review: Do kids think of sperm donors as family?
The question of who constitutes family is a modern philosophical quandary. Given the debate in this area, Veerle Provoost's TED talk is quite topical...
Lucas Taylor
Lucas Taylor was previously a Volunteer Writer at BioNews, having originally joined the publication under the auspices of its writing scheme, and is currently studying for a PhD at Queen Mary University of London's School of Law. He originally studied Law at the University of Leicester, and went on to obtain an LLM in Human Rights Law from theLondon School of Economics and Political Science and an MA in Medical Ethics and Law from King's College London. His research areas include commercial surrogacy and alternative reproductive practices, feminist and gender theory in relation to legal parenthood, the role of autonomy in reproductive and medical decision making, and how these areas intersect within a human rights framework.
BioNews Articles by Lucas Taylor
Benefits of IVF add-ons 'not based on evidence'
There is a lack of quality evidence on the benefits of almost all fertility clinic add-on treatments, a study published in the BMJ has suggested...
Families with genetic diseases support genome-editing research
More than 75 percent of those with a genetic condition, and their family members, support the use of genome-editing technology, a survey has found...
Gene variants may give taste for salt
Gene variants may explain why some people eat more salt than recommended...
Surrogate families made to hand over babies in car parks
Some hospitals in the UK are reportedly asking surrogates to leave NHS grounds before handing babies over to their intended parents...
Image by Bill Sanderson via the Wellcome Collection, © Wellcome Trust Ltd 1990. Depicts Laocoön and his family (from Greek and Roman mythology) entwined in coils of DNA.
Cambodia bans commercial surrogacy industry
The Cambodian Health Minster Mam Bunheng has published a directive appearing to ban all forms of surrogacy in the country...
National Sperm Bank closed to new donors
The UK National Sperm Bank is no longer recruiting donors, after signing up just eight men in the two years since it opened...
Embryos from overseas couples 'stuck' in India
Two US couples have filed a petition at the High Court of Bombay to reclaim embryos they transferred into the country before India's ban on international surrogacy arrangements was introduced last year...