Italy bans its citizens from accessing surrogacy abroad
The Italian senate has approved a ban making surrogacy a 'universal crime'...
Michaela Chen
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.
BioNews Articles by Michaela Chen
TV Review: The Wrong Sperm, Destroyed Embryos, and the Fight Against the IVF Giants
Michaela Chen reviews a 'a tale as old as industrialism', about the fight families brought to find out more about their lost embryos and information about their sperm donors…
Queensland Fertility Group accused of using wrong sperm
An Australian couple is suing their fertility clinic for using the wrong sperm for two of their children...
Passport delays for babies born in Cyprus via surrogacy
Two UK men are unable to leave Cyprus with their babies born via surrogacy there, due to delays in obtaining passports for their children...
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...
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
Mitochondrial donation becomes legal in Australia
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...
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
Mitochondrial donation bill passed in Australia
A bill permitting mitochondrial donation has been passed by the Australian House of Representatives...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
DNA test uncovers IVF sperm mix-up 11 years later
A Utah couple is suing their IVF clinic after discovering that sperm from another patient was used to conceive their son...
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.
Shared motherhood' couple can both be named on Irish birth certificate
A lesbian couple in Ireland has won the right to be legally recognised as a two-mother family...
Women with sickle cell not given adequate information about reproductive health
A knowledge gap may mean that women and girls living with sickle cell disease are not getting the best reproductive healthcare...
