Category: Coronavirus
New York Child-Parent Security Act Protects Parental Rights in Sperm Donor Shortage
COVID-19 lockdowns and infection fears have led to drastic shortages at many U.S. sperm banks, sending many lesbians and single women to online forums in a search for sperm donors. But even as New York’s Child-Parent [...]
Eggs Not A COVID-19 Infection Risk in Assisted Reproduction
Eggs, or oocytes, from women who contract COVID-19 are unlikely to become infected with the virus or to infect resulting embryos, according to a recent scientific study. Published in Human Reproduction, the journal of the [...]
In this pandemic season of uncertainty and fear, images from around the world of the first health care workers and elderly people being vaccinated has brought hope to many hearts that we may finally bring the COVD-19 pandemic [...]
U.K. Ends Ban on Egg, Sperm Export for Surrogacy in U.S.
The path to parenthood just got a little smoother for U.K. intended parents planning surrogacy in the United States: The U.K. agency regulating assisted reproduction has agreed to overturn a rule that essentially prevented [...]