Dutch donor-conceived people seek answers
A Dutch fertility doctor has been found to be the genetic father of at least three patients conceived in his clinic...
Michaela Chen is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews and is currently completing her Masters of Law with a Specialism in Human Rights at the London School of Economics. Previously, she was a practicing lawyer in Toronto, Ontario having been called to the bar in 2018. She has a specific interest in the intersections of reproductive justice and international law.
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A Dutch fertility doctor has been found to be the genetic father of at least three patients conceived in his clinic...
The Australian Senate has passed a bill which will legalise the clinical use of mitochondrial donation by a vote of 37 votes for to 17 against...
A bill permitting mitochondrial donation has been passed by the Australian House of Representatives...
A Utah couple is suing their IVF clinic after discovering that sperm from another patient was used to conceive their son...
A lesbian couple in Ireland has won the right to be legally recognised as a two-mother family...
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A knowledge gap may mean that women and girls living with sickle cell disease are not getting the best reproductive healthcare...
The age people have sex for the first time, and become parents for the first time, are partly controlled by their genes, a team at the University of Oxford has shown...
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