Egg donation ads breached advertising standards
The UK's Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that a fertility clinic's advertisements promoting egg donation 'trivialised the decision to donate eggs'...
Ryan Au
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Ryan Au is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews. He has completed his BCL postgraduate-degree at the University of Oxford where he achieved distinctions in his medical law and family law papers and was awarded an overall Distinction. He holds a first class law degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science and has completed his government-funded postgraduate legal studies at the University of Hong Kong. Ryan is keen to pursue his interest in medical law (mental health, inherent jurisdiction, autonomy, assisted dying). Ryan is particularly interested in the complex relationship between law, ethics and medicine.
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Patient who had a stroke after IVF treatment loses claim against clinic
A patient who sued an IVF clinic following a stroke that left her with vision loss has lost her court case...
Parental order granted for child born to untraceable surrogate
A UK judge has granted a parental order in a case concerning a surrogacy arrangement abroad, where the surrogate could not be traced...
Sperm donor wins parental rights in Australia
An Australian court has ruled that the birth mother of a nine-year-old boy should lose custody of the child, with parental responsibility being granted to her former same-sex partner and their sperm donor...
Queensland ombudsman finds risk of errors in 4 in 10 audited sperm samples
Thousands of donor sperm samples in Queensland, Australia may be destroyed after an audit concluded that 4 in 10 were at risk of misidentification...
US senators propose bill to protect IVF access
Two republican senators have proposed a bill to protect IVF, after some states' abortion laws created uncertainty...
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.
Lawsuit claims New York City's IVF policy discriminates against gay men
A couple has filed a lawsuit against the City of New York, alleging its fertility treatment policy discriminates against gay men...
Canada to remove restrictions on gay and bisexual sperm donors
Canada is set to remove restrictions on gay and bisexual sperm donors from May 2024...
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.
Genomics England decides what diseases to look for in newborns
Genomics England has published an initial list of 223 rare conditions that will be investigated as part of its Generation Study...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts equipment used for embryo biopsy.
The Women's Health Strategy
One year after the publication of the Women's Health Strategy, a panel of doctors, campaigners and politicians asked what – if anything – had changed for fertility patients...