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In vitro fertilization, embryos and associated ethical or legal disputes.
A STAT investigation of the fertility tourism industry found that clinics are offering an unproven IVF procedure to older women. Here are 5 takeaways from the investigation.
Read →New findings further highlight the immorality of IVF, in which million of unborn babies are created in contradiction to God’s plan and often destroyed.
Read →When I was a guest on pro-life leader Abby Johnson’s podcast, Unscripted.
Read →Births from IVF reached a record high in Japan, and countless humans likely lost their lives in the process.
Read →Genetic testing company Herasight touted a new method to predict depressive disorder in children, ignoring the fact that destroying embryos for this reason would have deprived the world of Abraham Lincoln and others.
Read →Image Source: Envato A biotechnology company has developed a new genetic screening tool allowing parents undergoing IVF to select embryos according to their predicted likelihood of developing depression, raising fresh concerns about the growing use of reproductive technology to select children based on desirable characteristics. Herasight, a company specialising in genetic embryo testing, has published […]
Read →A homosexual couple rented a Chinese woman in a rural village for £93,000 ($125,000) to serve as a surrogate – but plans to ask for a partial refund if she gives birth to a girl. According to The Christian Institute, the two men “used genetic testing to prioritise the implantation of male embryos.” Surrogacy is [...] The post Gay couple demands refund if surrogate gives birth to girl first appeared on The Bridgehead .
Read →People trying to start families and clinics trying to help them have been left confused and worried since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, triggering fetal personhood laws in several states.
Read →On the Tuesdays when I don’t release a podcast, I recount resources I’ve come across recently - sometimes in categories and sometimes as a mixed selection. Enjoy and comment below!
Read →Image Source: Envato Thousands of human embryos created through IVF are being discarded following the breakdown of relationships, with new research finding that two-thirds of separating couples choose to destroy their remaining frozen embryos. Researchers examining records from the London Women’s Clinic found that 66 per cent of couples who separated after undergoing fertility treatment […]
Read →"The child...has two biological mothers...and is removed from [them]. And it grows up with one of the fathers who is not biological.
Read →Erin Millender, 47, gave birth to a baby girl in September after using one of two embryos that she and her now-estranged husband, Adam Rubin, created.
Read →Pediatric cancer rates doubled in children born of frozen embryos. Most IVF transfers around the world involve cryopreserved embryos.
Read →A contract clause said the couple would “prioritise the transplant of ‘male’ embryos first." If the surrogate had a girl, they would get a partial refund.
Read →A British court has granted legal parenthood to two men who paid almost £93,000 for a commercial surrogacy arrangement in China that prioritised male embryos and included a clause providing for a partial refund if a boy was not born. In a judgment published on 29 September, Mr Justice MacDonald, a senior judge specialising in […]
Read →Jesuit Catholic Loyola University thinks that a pro-abortion, pro-IVF doctor is worthy of recognition for 'excellence,' drawing a rebuke from pro-life groups.
Read →The surrogacy and IVF industries in the U.S. have become lucrative businesses in the global marketplace, with surrogacy expected to experience explosive growth.
Read →The 2008 Vatican document Dignitas Personae affirmed the dignity and rights of frozen embryos and expressed reservations about proposals for prenatal adoption.
Read →Guest Post: A careless dinner-party remark, years of infertility, fostering, and embryo adoption taught Kirsten Upadhye why adoption isn’t a cure for childlessness, and what it reflects instead
Read →From their inception, the surrogacy and IVF industries have turned children and women into transactional commodities to satisfy the desires of paying adults.
Read →"The Kardashians" star said her daughter True, whom she shares with Tristan Thompson, had named the frozen embryo.
Read →A decade ago, IVF experts spoke out against the common practice of transferring multiple embryos to the uterus, published in the New York Times. The multiple-birth method has been normalized by clinics—hoping to enhance pregnancy rates to attract patients—but experts voiced concerns about a l...
Read →In a recent social media clip, Khloé Kardashian both humanizes and dehumanizes her frozen embryo, naming her 'Tyla' and stating the she 'owns' her.
Read →The father of the baby "couldn't get over the abortion part of our marriage" and continues to "carry the ultrasound image of the embryo everywhere he goes."
Read →There’s a subtlety in this show clip that is worth appreciating.
Read →What should be done about frozen orphaned embryos, whose numbers increase daily? The post Is embryo adoption consistent with Catholic teaching?
Read →Bishop Michael Burbidge stressed that the faithful must reject ‘these radically unjust ballot initiatives,’ which would establish ‘rights’ to abortion, IVF, and homosexual ‘marriage.’
Read →An IVF mom now against traditional IVF, surrogacy & the corruption within Big Fertility.
Read →On the Tuesdays when I don’t release a podcast, I try to recount resources I’ve come across recently - sometimes in categories and sometimes as a mixed selection. Enjoy and comment below!
Read →Miscarriage and abortion both involve the death of an embryo or fetus, but they are not the same thing.
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