Alabama Supreme Court ruling could freeze fertility treatment
The conflation of abortion law with access to IVF has been inevitable since Roe was overturned…
A stage of development which, in humans, lasts for eight weeks after the fertilised egg first starts to divide.
by Professor Sonia Suter and 1 others
The conflation of abortion law with access to IVF has been inevitable since Roe was overturned…
by Igor Brusil
The decision by the Alabama Supreme Court to define embryos as children has sent shockwaves around the USA and beyond, but to understand its potential impact, it needs to be recognised the decision was a democratic one…
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by Blair Sowry
The Alabama Supreme Court has declared that frozen embryos have the same legal status as children in the state...
by Hannah Flynn
Guy's and St Thomas' Assisted Conception Unit, London, is the subject of an investigation by the HFEA into delays in informing women that their frozen eggs and embryos could be affected by a manufacturing error...
Publicly funded IVF treatment in Northern Ireland is to be expanded, with some women entitled to additional embryo transfers...
A recent PET event saw a lively discussion of the UK fertility regulator's new ratings system for 'add-ons' to IVF treatment...
by Dr Sayyed Mohamed Muhsin and 1 others
Dr Sayyed Mohamed Muhsin and Dr Alexis Heng Boon Chin give an ethical analysis of germline genome editing to prevent genetic diseases based on Islamic legal maxims (Qawaid Fiqhiyyah)...
by Jen Willows
The Superior Court of Pennsylvania court has ruled that two women who concieved a child via IVF during their marriage are both legal parents, despite only one being the genetic mother...
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