A San Francisco court upheld earlier this week an agreement that frozen embryos created via in vitro fertilization during a couple’s marriage would be discarded in the event of their divorce. Before undergoing fertility [...]
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Tue 17 Mar, 2015
Dolce & Gabbana Celebrate Mothers, But Only the ‘Right Kind’
It’s hard to imagine what Italian fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana were thinking when they not only spoke out against gay adoption but spoke of the children born via assisted reproductive technology in [...]
Wed 25 Feb, 2015
ECHR Condemns Italy for Removing Child Born via Surrogacy Abroad
In its most recent ruling on families formed via assisted reproductive technology, the European Court of Human Rights has condemned Italian authorities for removing a child born to an Italian couple via surrogacy in Russia [...]
Britain’s Parliament voted this week to allow strictly limited use of a new fertility treatment that would allow women with a certain type of genetic disorder to become mothers without danger of passing the often [...]
Fri 21 Nov, 2014
Fertility Treatment Coverage Not Mandated Under ACA
Even as technological advances make creating a family via assisted reproductive technology easier and safer with more reliable result, it remains inaccessible to many people for one simple reason: money. Although government [...]
Fri 15 Aug, 2014
Bobbie Thomas Brings Her IVF Experience to the BUZZ
Thomas made the decision to use her highly visible Today Show podium as a way to get the topic out in the open and potentially make others undergoing fertility treatment feel more comfortable and less alone in the process.