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Belarus: Deputies Passed Draft Law On Assisted Reproductive Treatment
In this way, students of Belarus will receive possibility to go abroad without having to receive permission of the Ministry of Education. Besides, the deputies passed draft law on assisted reproductive treatment and guarantee of the rights of citizens when using them.
Striking Amendments To Washington State Surrogacy Bill
This morning, the Washington Senate passed a newly amended version of HB 1267, which would overhaul the Uniform Parentage Act. Because the House and Senate must pass the identical bill before it can be signed into law by the governor, HB 1267 has been sent back to the House. The House may be considering it tomorrow or possibly even this evening.
The First Australian Mother To Win Parent Right Recognition Over Her surrogate child
AN Adelaide woman with a surrogate son has won a landmark case to be named on the child's birth certificate.
After a six-year legal battle, the woman this week became the first Australian to win the right to be officially recognised as the mother of a child carried by a surrogate.
Over 70% Successful Clinical Pregnancy Due To Preimplantation Screening With BlueGnome’s 24sure+ Platform
A preliminary study published in 'Human Reproduction' by Francesco Fiorentino at Genoma in Rome reports over 70% clinical pregnancy rate following screening using BlueGnome’s 24sure+ platform, in a previously challenging cohort where recurrent miscarriage is likely to be due to balanced translocations in one or both parents.
95-Year-Old Hollywood Legend Zsa Zsa Gabor Will Be A Mother Via Surrogacy
LOS ANGELES — Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband triggered a row with the ailing actress's only daughter by saying he wants his wife to become a mother again using his sperm and an egg donor.
Innovative Embryo Preimplantation Genetic Screening Improves Chances Of Implantation
Preimplantation Genetic Screening (PGS), through in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment, allows selecting healthy embryos with no anomalies which are later transferred to the recipient uterus, thus increasing chances of implantation.
Miracles Through IVF: 4 Identical Twins In One Go!
With one miracle baby already conceived through IVF, the Crawfords thought one more would be another blessing for the family.
British Surrogate Mother Gives Birth To Her Cousin
A British woman has given birth to her cousin, as part of a surrogacy arrangement to help her aunt. The 29-year-old mother of three became pregnant from sperm donated by her aunt's husband, to whom she was not related by blood. This resulted in the birth of a baby girl who is both her biological daughter and cousin.
British Woman To Have A Baby After Radical Abdominal Trachelectomy
When Caroline Lister refers to her two-year-old Freddie as 'Mummy's little miracle', she perhaps has more right to do so than many proud parents.
For he was conceived against all the odds - Caroline is one of only two women in Britain (and one of 21 worldwide) to have given birth after pioneering surgery for cervical cancer.
Postponed Pregnancy: Women Can Give Birth In Their 50s After Freezing Eggs Years Before
British women could put motherhood on hold for decades thanks to new medical development which allows eggs to be frozen for years.
An updated method of freezing eggs could transform fertility treatments and boosts the hopes of women who fear they could become infertile due to disease.
New In Vitro Maturation Technology In New Zealand Increases Pregnancy Expectations
Women with polycystic ovarian disease or who are undergoing cancer treatment are set to benefit from a fertility treatment previously unavailable in New Zealand.
New Legal Regulations To Protect Surrogates' Rights In India
Surrogacy became legal in India in 2002 and since then infertility centers have multiplied to match the number of couples with surrogates, who say the income is crucial. But critics say payment isn't high enough and the industry needs ethical oversight.
Happy Motherhood Of Elisabeth Banks Via Surrogacy
“30 Rock” and “Zack and Miri Make a Porno” actress Elizabeth Banks and her husband, Max Handelman, have welcomed their first child after years of failed fertility treatments.
Mother To Her Own Grandchild: Indiana Woman Bears A Child For Her Daughter
LOWELL, Ind. -- Judy Arnold will never forget leaving the doctor's office 10 years ago, when she found out her oldest daughter, Katie, would never be able to carry a baby.
Loving Wife Successfully Conceived In Ahmedabat Long After Her Husband's Death
AHMEDABAD: In 2009, Anurita, 40, flew down from UK to Ahmedabad with lot of hope and two samples of semen of her deceased husband, safely frozen in a container of liquid nitrogen. She desperately wanted to conceive the child of her dear husband. And now, she is expecting!
Japanese Scientists Successfully Grew Sperm In A Tube
Infertile men have been given hope of conceiving children after scientists successfully grew sperm out of skin cells.
Dutch Oldest First-Time Mother
A 63-year-old woman from Harlingen in Friesland has become the Netherlands’ oldest first-time mother after giving birth to a baby girl.
58-Year-Old Woman Gave Birth To IVF Twins
Three weeks have passed since Carole Hobson brought her IVF twins home from hospital and it’s clear her once ordered life as a mature, single career woman has been completely turned on its head.
Simple Blood Test Enables Prenatal Diagnostics Of Down Syndrome
Things are definitely on the move in the field of fetal screening. Researchers at the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics have developed a test that analyzes maternal blood between 11 to 14 weeks of gestation for the presence of fetal trisomy 21, the occurrence of an extra chromosome primarily responsible for Down syndrome.
IVF Treatment Will Save Seriously Ill Baby
A couple from Folksworth say they are hoping to have a baby using specialist IVF treatment to provide the right cells to help cure their seriously ill son.
