by APFLI | Aug 2, 2007 | Artificial Conception
Scientist Suggests IVF Children Should be Monitored into Adulthood A study of 3,980 articles in medical and scientific journals between 1980 and 2005 has shown significantly higher risks of long-term medical problems for children conceived through artificial...
by APFLI | Jul 14, 2007 | Artificial Conception
A study conducted in Denmark found that the sperm count of men who are conceived by fertility treatments is up to 50 percent lower than normal. Published in March 1 by the American Journal of Epidemiology (AJE), the study was entitled, "The Fertility...
by APFLI | Jun 26, 2007 | Artificial Conception
Pro-abortion, feminist scholar says why she opposes pre-natal diagnosis and selective abortion. Marsha Saxton, a University of California, Berkeley lecturer and one of the authors of the landmark feminist health book, Our Bodies, Ourselves, is wondering about...
by APFLI | May 22, 2007 | Artificial Conception
For thousands of couples suffering from infertility, the advances in reproductive health have given many new hope–and, in some cases, new life. However, with progress comes the burden of ethical responsibility–a burden many in the field seem unwilling to...
by APFLI | Feb 10, 2007 | Artificial Conception
Saving Lives with Embryo Adoption It is estimated there are 400,000 frozen human embryos, left over from in vitro fertilization (IVF), in storage across the nation. While legitimate controversy does exist in the pro-life community over the ethics of IVF, there is near...
by APFLI | Dec 31, 2006 | Artificial Conception
Study Shows Higher Rate of Birth Defects in Babies Conceived Through Fertility Treatment IVF Children May Suffer More Over-All Health Problems Than Naturally Conceived Children IVF Can Lower Chance of Pregnancy Study Finds IVF – Placenta Previa Increased...
by APFLI | Nov 24, 2006 | Artificial Conception, Eugenics / Race-Linked Abortion / Reproductive Racism
“Normal” Children Killed as “Defective”? Scientists conclude there is really no such thing as “normal” in genetic inheritance. New research has found that more genetic differences exist among people than previous research had indicated. In 2000 the international team...
by APFLI | Oct 24, 2006 | Artificial Conception
Pregnant pause: women who delay motherhood after 30 risk bequeathing infertility to their daughters. A new study suggests older mothers may bequeath a devastating legacy by passing on biological flaws that will make it more difficult for their own daughters to get...
by APFLI | Oct 11, 2006 | Artificial Conception
Turkish woman gives birth at the age of 64 in Istanbul, becoming the second oldest mother in the world. After 35 years of trying, Memnune Tiryaki became pregnant through in vitro fertilization — by egg transfer from a donor — in the breakaway Turkish...
by APFLI | Sep 27, 2006 | Artificial Conception
UK Doctors Warn IVF Drugs Pose Health Hazard for Mothers Surrogate Madness: 5 Would-Be-Parents Vie for Custody of Child Sperm Banks Near Empty After Donor Anonymity Lifted UK Doctors Warn IVF Drugs Pose Health Hazard for Mothers. IVF drugs are dangerous for...
by APFLI | Sep 11, 2006 | Artificial Conception
Over the past 28 years a new women's health science called NaPro Technology has been evolving which has and continues to revolutionize the health care of our families. Developed by Dr. Thomas Hilgers [dir, Inst for the Study of Human Reproduction, Omaha, NE], his...
by APFLI | Sep 11, 2006 | Artificial Conception
Couples Ask: What's Wrong with In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)? CA attorneys Anthony and Stephanie Epolite found out the hard way that in vitro fertilization (IVF) wasn't all it's cracked up to be. After years of marriage, and facing her 39th birthday still...
by APFLI | Sep 9, 2006 | Artificial Conception
By Marie Anderson, M.D., FACOG and John Bruchalski, M.D. "Assisted reproductive technologies" (ART) broadly includes any therapy directed towards improving the chances of conception for an infertile couple. In 1978 one form of this technology made its debut...
by APFLI | Sep 9, 2006 | Artificial Conception
Once again, medical experimentation is being carried forward on those who are not judged to be “full persons” and are not granted “the same rights and respect that others [enjoy].” This time, though, it’s performed on those whom the legal system won’t even...
by APFLI | Jul 1, 2006 | Artificial Conception
Human Uterus Transplants Possible 'in 5 Years' According to Swedish Scientists Women who lack a functioning womb could be given a replacement. Researchers say they have already been contacted by hundreds of women who are interested in having such a transplant....
by APFLI | May 17, 2006 | Artificial Conception
Kenya Hails First Test Tube Girls Doctors in Kenya are celebrating the birth of the country's first test tube babies, two girls born in Nairobi. The babies were born to women aged 30 and 35 at a private hospital… Dr Joshua Noreh, who oversaw the...
by APFLI | Jan 7, 2006 | Artificial Conception
One Embryo Works As Well As Two for In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Finnish Study Finds IVF Increases the Risk of Deformity… ONE EMBRYO WORKS AS WELL AS TWO FOR IVF: STUDIES. Using a single embryo for in-vitro fertilization is just as likely to result in a...
by APFLI | Sep 14, 2005 | Artificial Conception
New CT Law Mandating Insurers to Cover Fertility Treatment Limits Benefits to Women Under 40 Study Findings Suggest that Over 6.7 Million Human Embryos Have Died During IVF NEW CT LAW MANDATING INSURERS COVER FERTILITY TREATMENT LIMITS BENEFITS TO WOMEN UNDER 40...
by APFLI | Jun 9, 2005 | Artificial Conception
Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Embryo Adoption ART – Of 4,021,726 total infants born in the USA in 2002, a total of 42,483 (1%) were conceived by ART. Infants conceived with ART accounted for 0.5% of singleton births and 17% of multiple births...
by APFLI | Apr 30, 2005 | Artificial Conception, Eugenics / Race-Linked Abortion / Reproductive Racism, Legal
England’s highest court ruled that the creation of so-called ‘designer babies’ to help find cures for diseases is lawful, despite concerns about the destruction of unborn children to meet those goals. The five Lord judges who decided the case ruled...