Where Do We Go Next? The Case for Change
The second session of the PET 2023 Annual Conference asked 'Where do we go next?' following Professor Peter Braude's superb coverage of the history of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act...
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DCP (Donor Conceived Person/People)
A person conceived through gamete provision.
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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.
Pregnant lesbian denied hospital care in Japan
An LGBTQ advocacy group in Japan has called on the Government to guarantee care for all pregnant women after a lesbian who obtained IVF abroad was denied routine care...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts equipment used for embryo biopsy.
Landmark ruling for donor-conceived people regarding DNA-testing of gamete donors
In June 2023, Anke Wesenbeek, a 30-year-old Belgian donor-conceived woman won a landmark court case after a year-long battle to gain information about her paternal heritage...
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.
Podcast Review: The Gift – Fraud
When 84-year-old Peter received an at-home testing kit as a birthday present from his daughter, he not only discovered an unknown half-sister, but uncovered a 'scandal deep in the heart of Harley Street'...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts equipment used for embryo biopsy.
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Counselling and Assisted Reproduction: When, Why and by Whom Should It Be Offered?
PET gathered a panel of speakers to provide insight into infertility counselling, addressing the language used, the differing expectations among patients, and the need for clear guidelines...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Film Review: Papapa
Elin is a donor-conceived child and grew up with two mothers, without contact with her biological father. At 18 she gets the opportunity to meet him. Rebecca Robb reviews the film for BioNews...
Image by Bill McConkey via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts sperm swimming towards an egg.
Dutch court orders sperm donor to request clinics destroy sperm
A prolific sperm donor who claims to have fathered more than 500 children has been banned from making further donations, and warned that he will face significant fines if he fails to comply, by the district court in The Hague, the Netherlands...