Fetal Personhood, IVF and Embryos

5+ hour, 29+ min ago   (1337+ words) For four years, she waited for a miracle. Marriage had brought with it the hope of starting a family, but pregnancy was never to be possible. Rachel (not her real name) had struggled with recurrent fibroids – non-cancerous growths that develop…...

2+ hour, 16+ min ago   (1464+ words) This piece was first written and circulated for publication in 2012. I have revisited and substantially restructured it because of developments that have occurred since then, particularly the continuing international debate over the legal and human-rights status of unborn children. For…...

5+ hour, 37+ min ago   (90+ words) DH responds to media enquiries regarding "Heal Fertility Limited" Remarks by CE at media session before ExCo Following are the remarks by the Chief Executive, Mr John Lee, at a media session before the Executive Council meeting today (October 6): The…...

14+ hour, 27+ min ago   (215+ words) If my parents ever decide to tell me exactly where I was conceived, I’d like them to reconsider. There are things I’m happy to take to the grave, without every single question answered about what life was like before I…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (443+ words) In the Netherlands recently, a severely disabled child just under 2 years old was euthanized. Euthanasia is legal in that country: Originally, when the law was first passed in 2002, you had to be able to give consent to be euthanized, but…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (305+ words) Among those attending were Archbishop Makarios of Australia, President of the relevant Synodal Committee of the Ecumenical Patriarchate; Metropolitan Prodromos of Rethymno and Avlopotamos; Bishops Evmenios of Chora and Athenagoras of Canberra; representatives of local authorities; academics, clergy, monastics and…...

2+ day, 36+ min ago   (898+ words) New genetic testing offers us the chance to create superbabies. It can come with unintended consequences. Editor’s note, October 4, 8 am ET: We’re bringing you some of our best-loved Your Mileage May Vary columns while Sigal Samuel is on parental leave....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1368+ words) For nearly one-fourth of my life, I have been pregnant. Six pregnancies in eight consecutive years have made me a mother of two, as well as a gestational surrogate three times. Every pregnancy has come with its own mix of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (537+ words) Colossal Biosciences is going to bring back the woolly mammoth — if they can find a womb big enough to birth one. Their first solution is elephants. But surrogacy is too unreliable to produce mammoth calves at scale, so they’ve come…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (962+ words) School is back in session, student organizations are floodin… The Center for Gender and Sexuality hosted its annual LGBTQ … The Zeta chapter of You Beautiful Black Woman hosted a reproductive health discussion led by Dr. James Mallare on Sept. 17. The…...