by APFLI | Oct 1, 2009 | Artificial Conception
As IVF Debate Rages in Poland, Doctors Propose Ethical, Natural, More Effective Alternative Fertility Clinics in California, Louisiana Face Lawsuits Over Destroying Embryos Genetic Engineering: U.S. Company Now Offers "Look-Alike" Celebrity Sperm…...
by APFLI | Aug 29, 2009 | Artificial Conception
Ethicists Warn Against Three-Parent Reproductive Technology Concerned about the effects of a new technology that involves three parents providing genetic information to create a child, experts are cautioning against opening up the technology to human clinical trials....
by APFLI | Jul 3, 2009 | Artificial Conception
Six New York City mothers are suing the maker of a baby sex test that touted its product as "infallibly accurate," saying the test results they received were wrong. In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, the women claim they received incorrect...
by APFLI | Apr 9, 2009 | Artificial Conception
IVF Babies in Health Alert: Test-Tube Children 30 Percent More Likely to Have Defects, Warns Watchdog Couples having IVF treatment are to be warned for the first time that their children have a higher risk of genetic flaws and health problems. Official guidance will...
by APFLI | Mar 1, 2009 | Artificial Conception
In January, a California woman named Nadya Suleman gave birth to octuplets through in vitro fertilization. These eight babies were added to six others that Suleman had also conceived through in vitro procedures. Nadya Suleman is an extreme example of a growing...
by APFLI | Feb 2, 2009 | Artificial Conception
A new report indicates men and women are more likely to try to sell their eggs and sperm to fertility clinics these days due to the poor economy. A report from the Northeast Assisted Fertility Group finds the number of people filling out applications to make money...
by APFLI | Feb 1, 2009 | Artificial Conception
Low birthweight (LBW) (<2,500 g) is an important cause of infant morbidity and mortality (1). The rate of LBW has been steadily increasing in the United States. In 2005, the most recent year for which data are available, LBW represented 8.2% of all births, the...
by APFLI | Nov 19, 2008 | Artificial Conception
MAJOR CDC STUDY FINDS 2 TO 4 TIMES MORE BIRTH DEFECTS FROM IVF. Infants conceived with Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) are two to four times more likely to have certain types of birth defects than children conceived naturally, according to a study by the CDC....
by APFLI | Nov 17, 2008 | Artificial Conception
TECHNOLOGICAL CONCEPTION Researchers from the International Institute of Restorative Reproductive Medicine have published a study in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine which confirms that natural procreative technology, called NaProTechnology or NPT...
by APFLI | Aug 4, 2008 | Artificial Conception
BABIES CONCEIVED THROUGH IN-VITRO FERTILIZATION HAVE HIGHER RISK OF DEATH at birth than those conceived naturally, the results of a new study show. IVF children are also at an increased risk of being born prematurely and of weighing less at birth, scientists found....
by APFLI | Jun 20, 2008 | Artificial Conception
TECHNOLOGICAL CONCEPTION ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY SURVEILLANCE — UNITED STATES, 2005. Assisted reproductive technology (ART) includes fertility treatments in which both eggs and sperm are handled in the laboratory (i.e., in vitro fertilization and...
by APFLI | May 28, 2008 | Artificial Conception
TECHNOLOGICAL CONCEPTION A new report indicates artificial reproduction could take place with a capsule inside a woman's body rather than using traditional treatment at a fertility clinic. Pro-life groups are concerned that the "progress" in fertility...
by APFLI | Apr 25, 2008 | Artificial Conception
Emerging Issues in Embryo Donation and adoption will be the centerpiece of a first of its kind conference next month in Washington D.C. Sessions will delve into a variety of subtopics in the emerging field of embryo donation and adoption under the direction of Dr....
by APFLI | Feb 26, 2008 | Artificial Conception
Advances in cryotechnologies have allowed British IVF facilities to offer a new service to infertile women, the Times reports today. Using recently developed techniques of freezing tissues, six women have stored extracted ova to be donated later to their infertile...
by APFLI | Feb 15, 2008 | Artificial Conception
Fatal Attraction? On the Risk of Incest for Children of IVF As the month of love rolls in, we are inundated with stories of romance on television, in the news, and even in forwarded e-mails. Among the stranger stories...
by APFLI | Feb 1, 2008 | Artificial Conception
While the House of Lords continues to debate the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, the National Health Service (NHS) is considering paying women to carry children to term for someone else, including for homosexual partners. The Daily Mail reports that the North...
by APFLI | Jan 3, 2008 | Artificial Conception
IN-VITRO FERTILIZATION MAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR LOST LIVES OF MILLIONS OF UNBORN CHILDREN. "In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) doesn’t seem to be the panacea for birth for those wanting a baby. If this bursts your bubble, then maybe you’re uninformed....
by APFLI | Dec 5, 2007 | Artificial Conception, Effects of Alternative Lifestyles
A London firefighter who donated his sperm to allow a lesbian couple to conceive is being forced to pay thousands of pounds in child support now that the couple has broken up. Andy Bathie, 37, claims he was assured by the couple he would have no personal or financial...
by APFLI | Oct 28, 2007 | Artificial Conception
In a University of Tokyo laboratory, a pipette-wielding technician delicately positions 10 mouse eggs on a razor-thin microchip lined with a "bed" of cultured uterus tissue…"This is a new way to culture embryos in an environment that is closer to...
by APFLI | Sep 20, 2007 | Artificial Conception
Couple wanted only one child and find they are “overwhelmed” raising two children A lesbian couple in Australia have taken the first ‘wrongful birth’ lawsuit in Australian legislative history to court. The two women, who have three year old...
