September 1, 2026
(Yahoo! News) – The Solomons are among a growing number of Americans looking abroad, particularly to Greece and Spain, to escape the high cost of fertility treatments in the United States, where such procedures are often not covered by insurance. … Read More
September 1, 2026
(The Guardian) – Both children were born on same day in November 2025 in situation so rare it had not been contemplated by state surrogacy laws A Queensland woman gave birth to twin children with separate sets of biological parents … Read More
August 28, 2026
(The New Atlantis) – Embryo screening startups like Herasight pressure parents to help kids compete from the very first moments of life. Nucleus is one of a wave of fertility startups making headline-grabbing promises about the insights they can glean … Read More
August 24, 2026
(WSJ) – Dozens of American babies commissioned by Chinese billionaires, felony charges, embryo mix-ups and more. Reproductive medicine now resembles science fiction—parents picking an embryo based on an IQ prediction or ordering a baby from abroad like a pair of … Read More
August 24, 2026
(Nature) – Massive genomic newborn-screening studies are under way all over the globe. But questions about scalability, feasibility and net benefit remain. BabyScreen+ is just one of dozens of initiatives around the globe that is assessing the feasibility of expanded … Read More
August 21, 2026
(Daily Nation) – Every year, approximately 5,000 to 6,000 Kenyan women die from pregnancy or childbirth-related complications, about 16 deaths daily, according to the United Nations Population Fund. Nominated Senator Beatrice Ogolla wants to strengthen efforts to reduce these deaths … Read More
August 21, 2026
(New York Post via MSN) – The biological parents of the child birthed by surrogate mother McKenna West are suing her more than $100,000 for keeping the baby rather than abort it at their request, according to a report. Nasheen … Read More
August 19, 2026
(KERA) – The child was diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome — a rare congenital heart defect where the left side of the heart doesn’t develop fully about 20 weeks into the pregnancy. After learning about the diagnosis, the couple … Read More
August 14, 2026
(CBS News) – A baby with a rare heart defect was born to a surrogate in Texas on Wednesday, one day after state Attorney General Ken Paxton intervened in the case to ensure the child received lifesaving medical care after … Read More
August 14, 2026
(ABC News) – A newborn with a severe heart defect is at the center of a legal battle between a California couple and a surrogate who flew from Alaska to Texas to give birth in a case that has drawn … Read More
July 30, 2026
(Nature) – Researchers are alarmed that the procedure, which has not been rigorously studied, is being advertised by clinics around the world. A small number of fertility clinics around the world are offering a controversial treatment: a procedure to furnish … Read More
July 22, 2026
(Nature) – Testicle sample removed from a ten-year-old before chemotherapy and frozen proves viable 16 years later. A cutting-edge operation has restored a man’s ability to make sperm by transplanting tissue samples that were removed from one of his testicles … Read More
July 21, 2026
(The Guardian) – Many say lack of regulation allows people to exploit women’s bodies, but others argue it offers financial freedom, and a child to those with no other option Instead, like an increasing number of Europeans from countries with … Read More
July 20, 2026
(NYT) – Jens Spahn, a top leader of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s party, resigned his post after announcing that he had a baby by surrogate, which is illegal in Germany. It was a dizzying end to an overnight scandal that had … Read More
July 20, 2026
(First Coast News) – A St. Augustine surrogate mother is fighting for custody of the children she birthed after she says the intended parent from China never picked them up. Simpson said she did not hear from the intended parent … Read More
July 20, 2026
(The Conversation) – In my 2023 book, “Conceiving Christian America: Embryo Adoption and Reproductive Politics,” I show how embryo adoption developed as a Christian pro-life response to the accumulation of embryos remaining after IVF, recasting embryos as vulnerable children requiring … Read More
July 15, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – Some donor-conceived people are finding hundreds of siblings. An international cap on donations could help prevent that. Other donor-conceived people who have been able to track down siblings have found they have tens or even hundreds … Read More
July 14, 2026
(Axios) – A major change to how OB-GYNs are paid is coming, bringing the potential for improved maternal health — but also higher costs. Why it matters: The U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rate among peer countries, and obstetrics … Read More
July 14, 2026
(CNN) – A newer, more precise form of CRISPR, known as base editing, can change a single letter (or base) of DNA at a time. Base editing was used for the first time in a 2022 clinical trial to modify … Read More
July 9, 2026
(The Guardian) – Couple ‘devastated’ after DNA tests for children’s British citizenship showed no biological connection to them The Sri Lankan surrogacy agency used by the couple initially confirmed the embryos had been created using the intended father’s sperm, but … Read More
July 9, 2026
(City Journal) – If Americans are to revive our sagging national birthrate, we must rebuild the ordinary social structures that made children thinkable and natural. If the trend continues, Stone and Brookes project that the American population will peak around … Read More
July 7, 2026
(Nature) – Dolly’s brush with celebrity could hold lessons for current discussions about reproductive technologies. Reproductive cloning is now being used in agriculture to generate gene-edited cattle with no horns and pigs with organs that might be suitable for transplantation … Read More
July 7, 2026
(Straight Arrow News) – Pregnant women in the U.S. are routinely exposed to dozens of chemicals found in everyday products. Some of these chemicals are linked to poorer birth outcomes, a new study reported. Researchers from across the country followed … Read More
July 3, 2026
(Daily Mail via MSN) – Around a third of conceptions now end in abortion, according to stark figures released today. Some 32.1 per cent of pregnancies were terminated in 2023, up from 29.7 per cent the previous year and the … Read More
July 2, 2026
(NYT) – Birthrates in much of the developed world are at record lows, but there’s one demographic group that’s exploring new frontiers of fertility: ultrawealthy men. Deploying nearly limitless resources, a small number of them are reproducing at such an … Read More
