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In vitro fertilization, embryos and associated ethical or legal disputes.
A British court has granted legal parenthood to two men who paid almost £93,000 for a commercial surrogacy arrangement in China that prioritised male embryos and included a clause providing for a partial refund if a boy was not born. In a judgment published on 29 September, Mr Justice MacDonald, a senior judge specialising in […]
Read →Jesuit Catholic Loyola University thinks that a pro-abortion, pro-IVF doctor is worthy of recognition for 'excellence,' drawing a rebuke from pro-life groups.
Read →The surrogacy and IVF industries in the U.S. have become lucrative businesses in the global marketplace, with surrogacy expected to experience explosive growth.
Read →The 2008 Vatican document Dignitas Personae affirmed the dignity and rights of frozen embryos and expressed reservations about proposals for prenatal adoption.
Read →Guest Post: A careless dinner-party remark, years of infertility, fostering, and embryo adoption taught Kirsten Upadhye why adoption isn’t a cure for childlessness, and what it reflects instead
Read →From their inception, the surrogacy and IVF industries have turned children and women into transactional commodities to satisfy the desires of paying adults.
Read →"The Kardashians" star said her daughter True, whom she shares with Tristan Thompson, had named the frozen embryo.
Read →A decade ago, IVF experts spoke out against the common practice of transferring multiple embryos to the uterus, published in the New York Times. The multiple-birth method has been normalized by clinics—hoping to enhance pregnancy rates to attract patients—but experts voiced concerns about a l...
Read →In a recent social media clip, Khloé Kardashian both humanizes and dehumanizes her frozen embryo, naming her 'Tyla' and stating the she 'owns' her.
Read →The father of the baby "couldn't get over the abortion part of our marriage" and continues to "carry the ultrasound image of the embryo everywhere he goes."
Read →There’s a subtlety in this show clip that is worth appreciating.
Read →What should be done about frozen orphaned embryos, whose numbers increase daily? The post Is embryo adoption consistent with Catholic teaching?
Read →Bishop Michael Burbidge stressed that the faithful must reject ‘these radically unjust ballot initiatives,’ which would establish ‘rights’ to abortion, IVF, and homosexual ‘marriage.’
Read →An IVF mom now against traditional IVF, surrogacy & the corruption within Big Fertility.
Read →On the Tuesdays when I don’t release a podcast, I try to recount resources I’ve come across recently - sometimes in categories and sometimes as a mixed selection. Enjoy and comment below!
Read →Miscarriage and abortion both involve the death of an embryo or fetus, but they are not the same thing.
Read →The United Kingdom will expand bereavement leave starting in April 2027 to include two weeks of unpaid leave for employees and their partners who suffer a miscarriage, undergo an abortion before 24 weeks, or lose an embryo during IVF transfer, including surrogacy cases. The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children and other critics argue that equating abortion with miscarriage in bereavement leave policy is an insult and raises questions about the recognition of unborn human life and the normalization of abortion and surrogacy practices.
Read →Utah Rep. Mike Kennedy expressed that decisions about IVF, surrogacy, and vaccine schedules should be made by states rather than the federal government, emphasizing a reduction in federal oversight.
Read →Grindr CEO George Arison is lobbying to expand access to IVF and surrogacy by advocating for fertility service costs to be fully tax-deductible, surrogacy coverage through insurance, and an infertility definition inclusive of homosexual couples. Grindr has supported these practices for years, including covering IVF and surrogacy costs in its employee benefits package since 2024, highlighting their importance to homosexuals seeking children.
Read →Hannah Strege, known as the world’s first snowflake baby, was conceived as a frozen embryo from an IVF process and later adopted by parents struggling with infertility. She challenges the notion that embryos are property, advocating for the recognition of their humanity and criticizing IVF practices that treat embryos as excess or unwanted, emphasizing that she was never property but somebody's child.
Read →The Alabama Supreme Court's 2024 IVF decision extended personhood to human embryos for the purpose of a 'Wrongful Death of a Minor' lawsuit, bringing IVF, surrogacy, and infertility issues to the forefront of national discussion. As political parties positioned themselves as 'pro-parent, pro-IVF,' many evangelicals began to reconsider their views on these topics, questioning the assumption that IVF is inherently pro-life because it creates life.
Read →Christina Rapti-Tzelepi, 54, gave birth to a healthy baby girl in Greece using embryos frozen 22 years earlier after the couple lost their son George in a car accident in October 2025. Due to Greece's age limit of 54 for IVF treatment, the couple had to proceed quickly and are now advocating for changes to the law to allow older women to undergo IVF.
Read →Hannah Strege, known as the world’s first snowflake baby, was conceived as a frozen embryo from an IVF process and later adopted. Strege advocates against the view that embryos are merely property, emphasizing that human value is inherent from conception regardless of size, development, environment, or dependence.
Read →Florida couple Natalie and Joshua Strong allege that Brown Fertility clinic in Jacksonville used another man's sperm during their IVF treatment, as DNA tests showed Joshua had a zero percent probability of being the biological father of their daughter born in 2025. The couple is suing the clinic and its lead physician, Dr.
Read →Government reports from the United Kingdom indicate a rising gender imbalance among Indian parents, with a higher number of boys born in third or later births, attributed to sex-selective abortion or IVF. Instances of baby girls being abandoned at maternity wards have also been reported, despite sex-selective abortion being illegal in the UK.
Read →From April 2027, women and their partners in the UK who experience a pregnancy ending before 24 weeks, including through abortion, failed IVF, or other pregnancy losses, will be entitled to up to two weeks of unpaid statutory bereavement leave. The policy has drawn criticism for equating abortion with miscarriage, raising concerns about the recognition of unborn life and potential misuse of the leave entitlement, while also extending to commissioning parents in surrogacy arrangements.
Read →Chinese billionaire Xu Bo fathered up to 100 children through IVF and surrogacy in the U.S., aiming to create a 'mega-family' linked to Elon Musk's children, a scheme revealed during a court case denying his parental rights to unborn children. The article critiques the push for IVF as a human right, highlighting ethical concerns about embryo status and the Catholic Church's stance that IVF is unethical because it treats embryos as commodities rather than human persons deserving dignity from conception.
Read →Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen argued that a human embryo is a human being from the moment of fertilization and criticized the language that reduces unborn children to 'only scar tissue,' warning that such dehumanization leads to broader societal harms.
Read →Florida couple Joshua and Natalie Strong filed a lawsuit against Brown Fertility clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, alleging the clinic used another man's sperm to create their daughter's embryo, as confirmed by DNA tests showing Joshua is not the biological father. The couple claims the clinic has not accounted for Joshua's missing sperm, refused to admit the error, and they are seeking damages exceeding $50,000 while raising concerns about the possible use of Joshua's sperm in other embryos without their knowledge.
Read →Hannah Strege, born on December 31, 1998, is the first known child to be born after being adopted as a frozen human embryo, having existed for nearly three years in liquid nitrogen storage before her birth. Now 27 and a licensed social worker, she has testified in support of a Personhood Amendment, highlighting that human embryos like herself were legally treated as property despite being biologically human.
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