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Mississippi Decides Today: Is Fertilized Egg a Person?

Polls show voters are split

(Newser) - Mississippi voters are being asked to decide today whether a fertilized egg should be considered a person under the state constitution—and polls show a near-even split on the question. If it passes, Initiative 26 will be the first "personhood" law in the nation. The initiative is designed to...

Germany OKs Genetic Embryo Tests

Scientists can test embryos in first days of development

(Newser) - After an emotional debate, German lawmakers voted yesterday to allow a procedure that looks for genetic disorders in embryos before they are implanted in the womb. Lawmakers voted to permit the procedure known as pre-implantation genetic diagnosis—a procedure sometimes used after in-vitro fertilization, when parents whose families have a...

Buy IVF Lotto Ticket, Win Baby?
 Buy IVF Lotto Ticket, Win Baby? 
only in the UK
Jul 6, 2011 8:42 AM CDT

Buy IVF Lotto Ticket, Win Baby?

$32 lottery tickets go on sale this month in Britain

(Newser) - Beginning this month, would-be British parents who are struggling to conceive will have an unusual way to attempt to have a baby: via lottery. To Hatch, a charity that doles out fertility advice, will raffle off $40,000 worth of fertility treatments at a top clinic beginning July 30. Tickets...

Octomom: I Hate Babies




 Octomom: 
 I Hate Babies 
Jun 30, 2011 2:19 AM CDT

Octomom: I Hate Babies

'I absolutely wish I had never had them,' says overwhelmed Nadya Suleman

(Newser) - Here's more evidence—if anyone needed it—why having 14 kids might not be such a great idea. Octomom Nadya Suleman has gone completely 'round the bend, revealing she "hates babies," calling her older children "animals," and confessing that she often considers suicide. “...

61-Year-Old Gives Birth ... to Own Grandson

She volunteers to help her daughter and son-in-law have a child

(Newser) - It seems at first blush like a crazy tabloid story: A 61-year-old woman gives birth in Chicago, and the baby is her own grandson. Not only is it true, it's actually a nice tale, as the Chicago Tribune explains. Kristen Casey, believed to be the oldest woman in Illinois to...

Phone App Predicts Chance of IVF Success

Scientists develop one-minute questionnaire

(Newser) - British scientists have developed a one-minute test they swear is a highly reliable predictor of whether a couple can conceive a child with in vitro fertilization, the Telegraph reports. What's more, it's a questionnaire—no blood or tissue sampling required. It's already available for free here and will soon be...

Third Triplet Born 11 Years After Sisters

Embryos were conceived at once, but one was frozen

(Newser) - For a baby, Ryleigh Shepherd looks a whole heck of a lot like her 11-year-old sisters Megan and Bethany—which makes sense, because technically, they’re triplets. Welcome to the miracles of modern reproduction. When health problems prevented Lisa Shepherd from conceiving naturally, she and her husband went the in...

In-Vitro Pioneer Wins Nobel Prize in Medicine

Robert Edwards began working on IVF in the 1950s

(Newser) - Robert Edwards of Britain won the 2010 Nobel Prize in medicine today for the development of in-vitro fertilization, a breakthrough that has helped millions of infertile couples have children. Edwards, an 85-year-old professor emeritus at the University of Cambridge, started working on IVF in 1950s. He developed the technique, in...

A Mother's Ordeal: Fertility Treatment, Then Abortion
Fertility Treatment Leads
to Twins, Then Abortion
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Jul 24, 2010 6:22 AM CDT

Fertility Treatment Leads to Twins, Then Abortion

Author recounts her use of 'selective reduction'

(Newser) - At age 43, Bettina Paige turned to fertility treatments to get pregnant to provide a sibling for her young son. It worked, too well. When the doctor used the word she didn't want to hear—twins—Paige, faced with the possibility that "we’d have to leave our beloved...

Test Tube Babies Have Higher Cancer Risk

But the method probably not to blame, researchers say

(Newser) - For the first time, a large study suggests a higher rate of childhood cancer among test-tube babies, but researchers say the reason probably has nothing to do with how the infants were conceived. More likely, it's related to the genetics of the parents who turned to in vitro fertilization because...

'Hotties Only' Dating Site Starts Virtual Sperm Bank

Non-members can use service to get beautiful genes

(Newser) - Controversial dating site Beautifulpeople.com —the one that kicked off 5,000 "fatties" for gaining weight over the holidays —has started a "virtual sperm bank" to share the genetic material of its attractive clientele. Both members and non-members can use the new fertility forum to contact...

Docs: 'No One Will Need Sex to Make Babies in 10 Years'

Veterinary surgeons predict IVF will replace 'fairly inefficient' intercourse

(Newser) - Sex will become purely recreational even for couples seeking babies within a decade thanks to advances in IVF technology, predict veterinary Australian scientists. Calling the traditional form of baby-making a "fairly inefficient process" in a report published in the Reproductive BioMedicine journal, they claim in vitro fertilization methods will...

British Fertility Clinic Raffles Off American Egg
British Fertility Clinic
Raffles Off American Egg
cue outrage
Mar 15, 2010 4:00 AM CDT

British Fertility Clinic Raffles Off American Egg

Promotion for transatlantic service sparks controversy

(Newser) - A London fertility clinic has sparked controversy with a raffle sidestepping British laws by offering women a chance to win an American egg of their choice. Paying egg donors more than expenses is illegal in Britain, but the clinic is offering to fly the winner—who will be allowed to...

Sperm Donors Lose Anonymity to DNA Tests

Mothers increasingly able to track down kids' biological fathers

(Newser) - The overwhelming majority of men who donate sperm choose to do so anonymously, but DNA testing is making that decision increasingly meaningless. These days it takes only a little bit of sleuthing for a mother to find her child’s biological father, Slate reports, telling the story of one mother...

Celine Dion Not Pregnant After All

Husband reveals IVF didn't take, they will try again for second child

(Newser) - Céline Dion announced her pregnancy in August, but it turns out her IVF procedure didn’t actually take, husband René Angélil tells a Canadian paper. “We were shocked” to find out she wasn’t pregnant and tried again, but were still unsuccessful, People reports. Still, “Celine...

Scientists Move Closer to Womb Transplant

Successful rabbit test means human test could be 2 years away

(Newser) - British doctors have performed successful uterus transplants in rabbits, meaning they could try the procedure on a human woman in as little as two years. Researchers say they’ve solved the blood supply problems that have until now bedeviled uterus transplants; a Saudi woman tried the procedure in 2000, but...

Eggs Screen Sperm for DNA Quality: Scientists

(Newser) - Some couples are unable to conceive because the woman's eggs screen his sperm for DNA quality and give it a thumbs down, the Independent reports. Scientists in Britain and the US have spotted this "lock-and-key" mechanism in which eggs "read" sperm's DNA, most of which is...

World's Oldest New Mom Dies, Leaves Twin Toddlers

(Newser) - A Spanish woman believed to have become the world's oldest new mother when she gave birth at 66 has died at 69, leaving behind twin toddlers, Spanish newspapers reported today. Maria del Carmen Bousada gave birth in 2006 as a single mother after in vitro fertilization treatment. Her brother confirmed...

Rowe Not Kids' Bio-Mom: TMZ
 Rowe Not Kids' Bio-Mom: TMZ 
Jun 30, 2009 10:37 AM CDT

Rowe Not Kids' Bio-Mom: TMZ

She could still win custody as surrogate

(Newser) - Not only was Michael Jackson not the biological father of any of his children, neither was Debbie Rowe, his ex-wife, their biological mother, TMZ reports. All three children were conceived in vitro, and Debbie acted as the surrogate for the eldest two—for a fee—sources tell TMZ.

Better Health Care Might Have Saved Jon and Kate

Were IVF coverage mandated, sextuplets may have been fewer

(Newser) - Could better health care coverage have saved Jon and Kate? Maybe, writes Liza Mundy in the Washington Post, explaining that the Gosselins opted for a cheaper fertility treatment in their quest for one more baby after having twins—and got six kids. Had their health insurer been required to pay...

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