Fertility clinics are currently preparing to reopen their doors following their nationwide closure in April, enforced by the coronavirus pandemic...
As the phenomenon of egg freezing grows, with increasing numbers of women electing to freeze their gametes in the UK each year, so do discussions of the ethical and social aspects of this practice. Currently, one of the most urgent questions concerns the
Last week, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority released its much-anticipated report 'Fertility Treatment 2014-2016 - Trends and Figures', providing the latest available data regarding fertility treatments in the UK
Until recently, there has been very little empirical data to inform debate about egg-sharing. However, new research changes this state of affairs...
The Progress Educational Trust's conference next week will tackle the subject of Cross-border Reproductive Care (CBRC), with a range of UK experts coming together to present the evidence and argue over the ethical conundrums. Although the contested term 'reproductive tourism' has firmly entered public vernacular through the popular media, as yet little is known about this rapidly growing phenomenon...
Academics, clinicians and other interested people came together last week to discuss the rise of reproductive technologies. The event was the first of three 'public dialogues', organised by the Cambridge University Centre for Gender Studies in association with the Guardian newspaper. The aim of this series is to aid conversation between experts and the general public on issues of gender and 21st century biomedical advances...
Earlier this month, the Turkish Ministry of Health revised its regulations pertaining to assisted reproduction technologies (ARTs). The new regulatory structure considerably extends the specifications and requirements for the practice of ARTs in Turkey, and introduces a range of additional prohibitions. Two new developments are particularly striking. The first stipulates that all women in their first cycle of IVF can only have a single embryo transferred, with a maximum of two embryos for wom...
On 5 May, King's College Cambridge saw an international gathering of scientists and academics from a range of disciplines (including biology, history, sociology, bioethics, anthropology, and more); clinicians from fertility centres; representatives from assisted reproductive technology (ART) patient support groups, public pressure groups and policy organisations such as the Human...
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