The United Kingdom will expand bereavement leave starting in April 2027 to include two weeks of unpaid leave for employees and their partners who suffer a miscarriage, undergo an abortion before 24 weeks, or lose an embryo during IVF transfer, including surrogacy cases. The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children and other critics argue that equating abortion with miscarriage in bereavement leave policy is an insult and raises questions about the recognition of unborn human life and the normalization of abortion and surrogacy practices.
Utah Rep. Mike Kennedy expressed that decisions about IVF, surrogacy, and vaccine schedules should be made by states rather than the federal government, emphasizing a reduction in federal oversight.
Grindr CEO George Arison is lobbying to expand access to IVF and surrogacy by advocating for fertility service costs to be fully tax-deductible, surrogacy coverage through insurance, and an infertility definition inclusive of homosexual couples. Grindr has supported these practices for years, including covering IVF and surrogacy costs in its employee benefits package since 2024, highlighting their importance to homosexuals seeking children.
Hannah Strege, known as the world’s first snowflake baby, was conceived as a frozen embryo from an IVF process and later adopted by parents struggling with infertility. She challenges the notion that embryos are property, advocating for the recognition of their humanity and criticizing IVF practices that treat embryos as excess or unwanted, emphasizing that she was never property but somebody's child.
The Alabama Supreme Court's 2024 IVF decision extended personhood to human embryos for the purpose of a 'Wrongful Death of a Minor' lawsuit, bringing IVF, surrogacy, and infertility issues to the forefront of national discussion. As political parties positioned themselves as 'pro-parent, pro-IVF,' many evangelicals began to reconsider their views on these topics, questioning the assumption that IVF is inherently pro-life because it creates life.
Christina Rapti-Tzelepi, 54, gave birth to a healthy baby girl in Greece using embryos frozen 22 years earlier after the couple lost their son George in a car accident in October 2025. Due to Greece's age limit of 54 for IVF treatment, the couple had to proceed quickly and are now advocating for changes to the law to allow older women to undergo IVF.
Hannah Strege, known as the world’s first snowflake baby, was conceived as a frozen embryo from an IVF process and later adopted. Strege advocates against the view that embryos are merely property, emphasizing that human value is inherent from conception regardless of size, development, environment, or dependence.
Florida couple Natalie and Joshua Strong allege that Brown Fertility clinic in Jacksonville used another man's sperm during their IVF treatment, as DNA tests showed Joshua had a zero percent probability of being the biological father of their daughter born in 2025. The couple is suing the clinic and its lead physician, Dr.
Government reports from the United Kingdom indicate a rising gender imbalance among Indian parents, with a higher number of boys born in third or later births, attributed to sex-selective abortion or IVF. Instances of baby girls being abandoned at maternity wards have also been reported, despite sex-selective abortion being illegal in the UK.
From April 2027, women and their partners in the UK who experience a pregnancy ending before 24 weeks, including through abortion, failed IVF, or other pregnancy losses, will be entitled to up to two weeks of unpaid statutory bereavement leave. The policy has drawn criticism for equating abortion with miscarriage, raising concerns about the recognition of unborn life and potential misuse of the leave entitlement, while also extending to commissioning parents in surrogacy arrangements.
Chinese billionaire Xu Bo fathered up to 100 children through IVF and surrogacy in the U.S., aiming to create a 'mega-family' linked to Elon Musk's children, a scheme revealed during a court case denying his parental rights to unborn children. The article critiques the push for IVF as a human right, highlighting ethical concerns about embryo status and the Catholic Church's stance that IVF is unethical because it treats embryos as commodities rather than human persons deserving dignity from conception.
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen argued that a human embryo is a human being from the moment of fertilization and criticized the language that reduces unborn children to 'only scar tissue,' warning that such dehumanization leads to broader societal harms.
Florida couple Joshua and Natalie Strong filed a lawsuit against Brown Fertility clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, alleging the clinic used another man's sperm to create their daughter's embryo, as confirmed by DNA tests showing Joshua is not the biological father. The couple claims the clinic has not accounted for Joshua's missing sperm, refused to admit the error, and they are seeking damages exceeding $50,000 while raising concerns about the possible use of Joshua's sperm in other embryos without their knowledge.
Hannah Strege, born on December 31, 1998, is the first known child to be born after being adopted as a frozen human embryo, having existed for nearly three years in liquid nitrogen storage before her birth. Now 27 and a licensed social worker, she has testified in support of a Personhood Amendment, highlighting that human embryos like herself were legally treated as property despite being biologically human.
In-vitro gametogenesis (IVG) is an emerging technology that creates sperm or egg cells from adult cells, allowing children to have one, multiple, or same-sex genetic parents, and its development has been aided by research using aborted babies and IVF-produced embryos. The IVF industry has contributed to the acceptance of embryo commodification and destruction, while proponents of IVG and IVF advocate for redefining infertility to include 'social infertility' and expanding access to reproductive technologies regardless of biological limitations.
A Greek couple, Cristina Rapti-Tzelepi and Constantinos Raptis, welcomed a baby girl named Georgia after implanting an embryo that had been frozen for 22 years following the death of their 21-year-old son Giorgos in a motor accident. Georgia was born just before Cristina reached the age limit for IVF procedures in Greece, and the couple considers her a continuation of their family story and a second chance at life after their loss.
A Greek couple, Cristina Rapti-Tzelepi and Constantinos Raptis, welcomed a baby girl named Georgia after implanting an embryo that had been frozen for 22 years following the death of their 21-year-old son Giorgos in a motor accident. Due to Greek law restricting IVF procedures after age 54, they had a limited window to implant the embryo, and they have not ruled out the possibility of implanting other frozen embryos in the future.
Anna Russell and her husband chose embryo adoption over IVF after researching infertility and assisted reproductive technologies during seminary. They opposed IVF because it often involves creating multiple embryos, some of which are frozen or destroyed, which they believe is ethically wrong since human life begins at fertilization.
Cooke describes two British couples facing the destruction of stored embryos after sperm donors withdrew consent. She discusses their calls for legal change and frames the dispute around the moral status of embryos.
Chaney Mullins Gooley discusses her articles on Pro-Life OB care and Ethical IVF Alternatives in interviews on Issues, Etc. These interviews are available through her Substack and cover topics such as reasons to choose a Pro-Life OBGYN and ethical alternatives to IVF. The content includes discussions and articles published in the Federalist, and the platform encourages subscriptions for more information and updates on these topics.
Flanders critiques a published account of a woman who became pregnant while a surrogate was carrying another child for her family. She questions the account's framing of the subsequent abortion as necessary and discusses the overlap between infertility treatment, surrogacy, and abortion.
Baby Gabriel is alive and recovering from his first major heart surgery in his biological parents’ custody while they sue the surrogate who refused to abort him. The case captured national attention when it broke about two weeks ago, raising serious questions about IVF, commercial surrogacy and what happens when adults disagree about whether a […] The post Update: Baby Gabriel Survives First Heart Surgery; Biological Parents Sue Surrogate appeared first on Daily Citizen .
Waters distinguishes egg freezing from embryo freezing while examining how fertility preservation can lead into ethically contested IVF practices. She urges Christian women to weigh medical, theological and pro-life concerns before using fertility technology.
IVF is not ethically acceptable—and it doesn’t actually treat the underlying causes of infertility. In this episode, pro-life OB-GYN Dr. Monique Ruberu explains ethical issues with in vitro fertilization, how the procedure works, and how root-cause fertility care offers a path that actually heals underlying health conditions. Dr. Ruberu walks through ovarian stimulation, egg retrieval,… The post IVF Is Not Ethical—And It Doesn’t Cure Underlying Fertility Issues | Dr. Monique Ruberu appeared first on Human Life International .
Waters discusses the uncertain legal status of frozen embryos and emerging technologies such as artificial wombs and in vitro gametogenesis. She argues that law should recognize human embryos directly rather than relying on location or method of conception as proxies for protection.
By Judie Brown More than 30 years ago when American Life League created the iconic sign with the tagline “Face It. Abortion Kills a Person,” we could not fathom the enormity of the growing threat within the fertility industry. Doctors Steptoe and Edwards had been researching and manipulating human embryos in an effort to discover… Read More » PRO-LIFE BASICS: The Dangers of In Vitro Fertilization The post PRO-LIFE BASICS: The Dangers of In Vitro Fertilization appeared first on ALL .
Americans United for Life (AUL) is pleased to share the latest issue of our Life Litigation Report. The report tracks major bioethics cases in federal and state courts across the country. These cases range from early life issues, such as abortion and in vitro fertilization, to end-of-life questions, such as assisted suicide. The report provides an overview of current litigation trends […] The post AUL’s 2026 Life Litigation Report appeared first on Americans United for Life .
Waters uses an embryo mix-up case to examine the ethical and legal consequences of IVF errors. She argues that children created through reproductive technology have interests in biological identity that should not be reduced to the claims of adults or clinics.
Waters challenges the claim that IVF is automatically pro-life because it can result in births. She focuses on embryos that are frozen, discarded or genetically selected and argues that pro-life ethics must account for every embryo created.
