by APFLI | Jan 30, 2016 | Cloning - Archive, Eugenics / Race-Linked Abortion / Reproductive Racism, Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Taking Stock: Where Are We Now? Taking stock of where one is at the beginning of a new project or a new year is a good idea. Where we are in the entire realm of bioethics is beyond the scope of a mere e-newsletter, but what follows are some landmarks discernible in...
by APFLI | Dec 22, 2015 | Adult & Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Research (Ethical), Artificial Conception, Stem Cell Research & Cloning
US: Legislation Passes to Ban Production of 3 Parent Embryos The US House of Representatives passed legislation banning the creation of 3 parent embryos. This past year, Chinese, British and American scientists have been praising the potential of genetically modified...
by APFLI | Aug 21, 2015 | Cloning / Artificial Conception / ESCR / Women's Health Concerns
In an article in the National Review, associate professor of neurobiology and anatomy at the University of Utah School of Medicine, Maureen L. Condic, argues that Planned Parenthood’s claim that we need aborted babies for life saving medical research is false. Condic...
by APFLI | Aug 14, 2015 | Artificial Conception
Since the first U.S. infant conceived with Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) was born in 1981, both the use of advanced technologies to overcome infertility and the number of fertility clinics providing ART services have increased steadily in the United States....
by APFLI | Jul 29, 2015 | Artificial Conception
[Comment: Note these passage in the article: “We definitely use the term ‘embryo donation,’” Barbara Collura, president of Resolve: The National Infertility Association, tells Yahoo Health. “It’s not only deemed more accurate — the most accurate way of discussing this...
by APFLI | Jul 13, 2015 | Cloning / Artificial Conception / ESCR / Women's Health Concerns
[Comment: High-profile cases reveal verbal sleight of hand by a biomedical firm.] Gordie Howe, owner of the Vancouver Giants, at Gordie Howe Night at the Pacific Coliseum. It has been several years since the height of the stem-cell controversy, where every day debate...
by APFLI | Jul 1, 2015 | Abortion - Archive, Artificial Conception
The way the media reports it, it is a freakish story. Two well-known Hollywood celebrities, Sofia Vergara and Nick Loeb, are involved in what amounts to a custody battle over frozen embryos that they had conceived together, through in vitro fertilization, back when...
by APFLI | Oct 22, 2013 | Artificial Conception
We all know headlines are meant to sell news, so we are right to read articles through a discerning lens and even some healthy skepticism. We are also wise to consider the source. Is this a trusted reporter? Is this a reliable journal, paper, or author? You can...
by APFLI | Sep 13, 2012 | Artificial Conception
NEW! Alana Newman asks, "Are There Ethical Considerations Using Third Party Reproduction Methods?" A Person is a Person No Matter How Small: Dealing With IVF’s Ethical Questions What are the Rights of Sperm-Donor or Egg-Donor-Conceived People?...
by APFLI | Mar 3, 2012 | Artificial Conception
Leading Infertility Expert Rips Ineffective, Costly IVF: ‘Built on Foundation of Destroying Life’ In vitro fertilization (IVF), now the standard treatment for infertility in the United States, last weekend received a harsh assessment from one of the...
by APFLI | Oct 19, 2011 | Artificial Conception
NEW! Celebrate? Guess Again… Estimated 30 Million Human Lives Sacrificed for 5 Million ‘Test Tube Babies’ The 'Ovolution' of the Three-Parent Embryo Extra Embryos? One Family Offers Them on Craigslist Scientists to Apply for Licence to...
by APFLI | Sep 22, 2011 | Artificial Conception
The United States Congress has made permanent a ban on human embryo patents that previously had to be renewed every year. The pro-life “Weldon Patent Ban” was enacted as part of the “America Invents Act,” which was signed into law Monday by...
by APFLI | Sep 10, 2011 | Artificial Conception
High Doses of Hormones in IVF Hurting Women and Children Sperm Donor Children Speak Out Sperm Donor Fathers More Than 150 Children, Regulations Needed Pro-Life Concerns About IVF Include Abortion & Exploitation… High Doses of Hormones in IVF...
by APFLI | Sep 5, 2011 | Artificial Conception
Valuable Advice: Don’t Buy ‘Fresh’ Semen on the Internet, Says Health Canada If you’ve been shopping around online and think you’ve found the semen of your dreams, you might want to think again before you click that “checkout”...
by APFLI | Aug 20, 2011 | Artificial Conception
Commentary: Surrogacy Attorneys Caught Exploiting Women & Selling Babies Infertility can bring much heartache to couples desperately wanting a baby. Sadly, desperation opens the door for exploitation. Recently, two high-profile surrogacy attorneys, Theresa...
by APFLI | Aug 11, 2011 | Artificial Conception
Yahoo News recently carried a story that reports from the proceedings of the annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) in Stockholm, where a recent study was discussed linking in vitro fertilization (IVF) with an increased...
by APFLI | Jul 28, 2011 | Artificial Conception
1.5 Million Embryos Killed Through IVF Since 1991 in Britain Over one and a half million embryonic children have been killed in Britain through IVF procedures since 1991, according to new data from the country’s Department of Health. The figures, revealed by...
by APFLI | Mar 26, 2011 | Artificial Conception
‘Intended Mother’ Must Adopt Son Conceived through IVF, NJ Court Rules (3/2011) A New Jersey appeals court has ruled that the “intended mother” of a child born through in vitro fertilization (IVF) using a donated egg and a surrogate mother must...
by APFLI | Aug 4, 2010 | Artificial Conception
NEW! Eggsploitation Documentary Tells Students of Egg Donation Risks NEW! Hope for Infertility: ‘Infertile’ Couple Gives Birth Thanks to Cutting Edge Natural Treatment NEW! Assembling the Global Baby Invisible Dads Scientists Admit IVF...
by APFLI | Jun 26, 2010 | Artificial Conception
Woman Kills Wrongly-Implanted Embryos with Morning-After Pill Targeting "Excess" Children: Infertility Treatments and the Problem of "Multifetal Pregnancy Reduction" IVF, Mass Production and Coercion Path-breaking Study Finds Adults Conceived...
