A study presented at the British Science Festival argues that freezing embryos before implantation in the IVF process results better outcomes for both mother and baby. In the study — done by Dr Abha Maheshwari of Aberdeen University and published in the Fertility Sterility journal – 13,000 IVF pregnancies were studied, and it was found that frozen ... read more »

The Sher Fertility Institute in Las Vegas, Nevada has helped bring over 18,000 babies into the world. But a controversial contest run by the facility has some people wondering about the institute’s true intentions. In the beginning of June, the company ran a contest, in recognition of Father’s Day called the “I Believe Video Journal ... read more »

On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that the twin children of widow Karen Caputo — conceived using her desceased husband’s frozen sperm —  are not eligible for survivor benefits under Social Security. Caputo gave birth to the twins 18 months after her husband’s death from esophageal cancer. She applied to Social Security for benefits ... read more »

A federal lawsuit brought by an Indiana teacher against her former Catholic school employer could set up another fierce debate over reproductive rights versus religious beliefs. Emily Herx, a former literature instructor at St. Vincent de Paul School in Fort Wayne, Ind., claims that church officials fired her last June for using in vitro fertilization ... read more »

  A controversial new study suggests that when twin pregnancies are created by in vitro fertilization (IVF), a stronger embryo may help the weaker one to survive. Researchers from Spain found that the overall rate of survival rate for embryos was 83 percent in twin pregnancies vs. 76 percent for a solo child. The number ... read more »

Heather Anspach was so desperate for the ‘perfect’ family with her husband Paul that she took out a loan against their house to ensure that they had two children of each gender. Heather and Paul already have one daughter, along with two sons, but that didn’t stop them spending $23,875 on specialized IVF treatment. The ... read more »

Nadya Suleman has raised concerns about how she is coping being a mum-to-many, after branding her children ‘disgusting animals’. The mum insisted she does love her children, but admitted to loathing them too. Ms Suleman became only the second woman to give birth to a full set of octuplets in 2009, following IVF treatment. Not ... read more »

SYDNEY (BNO NEWS) — An Australian woman has won a legal battle to gain possession of her dead husband’s sperm in an attempt to have his baby, local media reported on Monday. Jocelyn Edwards, 40, married her husband Mark in 2005 and later began to discuss the use of fertility treatment and assisted reproductive technology ... read more »

No, not sperm from a 4-year-old, but rather from the girl’s father who had his sperm frozen before dying of cancer in 2004. Hooray for science, for allowing a person’s legacy to live on even after death. Her father couldn’t be there when she was born. And he won’t be able to watch her grow ... read more »

Embryos used in in vitro fertilization (IVF) — a procedure to help couples with fertility issues — are generally tested in the lab to weed out those with genetic defects. Well now it appears that those taking comfort in that fact can worry during pregnancy just like the rest of us — there’s clear room ... read more »