- Pope calls for universal ban on surrogate parenting, calls it 'deplorable'

Pope Francis called for a global ban on parenting via surrogacy, calling the practice "deplorable" and a grave violation of the dignity of the woman and the child. more

- Dylan Stone-Miller, 32, who fathered ninety-six children after he started donating sperm in college to earn money reveals how he quit work to track down his offspring whose names and birthdays he lists on a spreadsheet

A 32-year-old Georgia man who fathered at least 96 children via sperm donations is tracking his kids down - armed with a spreadsheet bearing their names and a unique sperm bank ID that's helped them reconnect. Dylan Stone-Miller said he has met 25 of his biological brood to date - all products of a series donations he made over the course of six years, starting in college. more

- Dutch court orders sperm donor to stop after 550 children

The man, identified in Dutch media only as Jonathan M, 41, was taken to court by a foundation protecting the rights of donor children and by the mother of one of the children allegedly fathered from his sperm. Dutch clinical guidelines say a donor should not father more than 25 children in 12 families, but judges said the man had helped produce between 550 and 600 children since he started donating sperm in 2007. more

- Designer babies already exist — their creator went to jail

Gene editing in humans is not only possible, but a reality. Today, there are people with CRISPR-Cas9-edited genomes. Right or wrong, the treatment is here to stay. How do gene therapies work and what are their limits? more

- ‘Doctors fitted a contraceptive coil without my consent’

- China to discourage abortions to boost low birth rate

China will discourage abortions and take steps to make fertility treatment more accessible as part of efforts to boost one of the world's lowest birth rates, its National Health Authority said. more

- Seimas nutarė – pagalbiniam apvaisinimui sukurtų embrionų nebereikės saugoti amžinai

Po ilgų ginčų Seimas galiausiai pritarė Pagalbinio apvaisinimo įstatymo pataisoms, kuriomis, be kita ko, numatoma, jog pagalbiniam apvaisinimui sukurtų embrionų nebereikės saugoti amžinai. Pataisos numato, jog embrionai turės būti saugomi ne trumpiau nei dvejus ir ne ilgiau nei 10 metų, nebent pora pareikš norą saugoti juos ilgiau. daugiau

- Ukraine’s Surrogacy Industry Has Put Women in Impossible Positions

Nothing crystallizes the “her body, my baby” conundrum of surrogacy quite like a war. Should a surrogate be tucked away somewhere safe, to protect the child she’s growing for someone else? Or should she be with her own family, or in her hometown, or even out on the streets defending her nation? That is a live question in Ukraine right now. more

- Ethics Of Surrogacy: The Case Of Baby "Luna" Abandoned In Ukraine

Surrogacy is still considered quite controversial, especially in Italy where a story has made headlines after would-be parents renounced a baby born in Ukraine. more

- Polygenic screening of embryos is here, but is it ethical?

The birth of the first IVF baby, Louise Brown, in 1978 provoked a media frenzy. In comparison, a little girl named Aurea born by IVF in May 2020 went almost unnoticed. Yet she represents a significant first in assisted reproduction too, for the embryo from which she grew was selected from others based on polygenic screening before implantation, to optimise her health prospects. For both scientific and ethical reasons, this new type of genetic screening is highly controversial. The nonprofit California-based organisation the Center for Genetics and Society (CGS) has called its use here “a considerable reach by the assisted-reproduction industry in the direction of techno-eugenics”. more