When journalist Gianna Toboni traveled to India to explore the country’s rapidly growing, yet unregulated, gestational surrogacy industry for HBO documentary series Vice, she didn’t anticipate ‘how dark’ the story would get. more

The Court of Appeals of Missouri ruled [opinion] Tuesday that frozen pre-embryos, fertilized eggs that are not implanted in the uterus, are legally classified as marital property, and the consent of both parties is required before the pre-embryos can be … Tęsti skaitymą →

She was born a boy in the body of a girl.  A refugee fled to the United States to change her gender to male. But should that mean abandoning the idea of having a baby someday? more

The world’s first baby to be born from a new procedure that combines the DNA of three people appears to be healthy, according to doctors in the US who oversaw the treatment. The baby was born on 6 April after … Tęsti skaitymą →

A British high court has permitted Kyle Casson, a single man, to adopt an eight-month-old boy who was carried and delivered by a surrogate — Casson’s own mother. more

A British woman is staging a desperate legal bid to become pregnant with her own grandchild – using her dead daughter’s eggs. In the first case of its kind in the world, the woman, 59, and her husband will claim … Tęsti skaitymą →

The UK has now become the first country to approve laws to allow the creation of babies from three people. The modified version of IVF has passed its final legislative obstacle after being approved by the House of Lords. The … Tęsti skaitymą →

On Tuesday, MPs will decide whether to allow the creation of babies from three people – mum, dad and a second, donor, woman. more

The Danes are famous for exporting beer, bacon, Lego — and now sperm. BBC documentary went behind the scenes at several clinics, including Cryos in Aarhus, the biggest sperm bank in the world. Danish sperm bought over the internet and … Tęsti skaitymą →

Germany is to become the first nation in Europe to legally recognise intersex babies, allowing parents to leave the male and female designation of sex on birth certificates blank for babies whose sex is not clear. more