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Offer support to trans men who choose to chest feed – guidance

Trans men should be supported to chest-feed their babies should they choose to do so, a Royal College has said. A new draft guideline from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) says that trans men should be asked about their ...

27 Jul 2022 at 01:01

One in five IVF patients suffered delays due to Covid, study shows

One in five fertility patients had their treatment delayed last year as a result of Covid-19, a poll suggests. A survey of more than 1,200 people receiving fertility care in the UK found that 22% experienced delays in 2021 due to the ongoing ...

19 Apr 2022 at 12:55

Number of babies born from donor sperm triples in just over a decade- regulator

The number of babies born by sperm donation has tripled in the last 13 years, new figures show. Some 2,800 children were born from sperm donation in 2019 – up from 900 in 2006, according to new figures from the Human Fertilisation and ...

30 Nov 2022 at 08:20

Thousands born by donor eggs or sperm set to find out biological origins

Thousands of young adults born via sperm or egg donation will be able to find out their biological origins in the coming years, according to new figures. Changes to donor anonymity law will mean that most donor-conceived young adults ...

27 Apr 2023 at 00:01

What is mitochondrial donation treatment and who can get it?

News that a baby has been born in the UK using DNA from three people is a testimony to the advancement of science. – What has happened? The fertility regulator the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has confirmed ...

10 May 2023 at 11:28

Scientists create embryo-like structures from monkey cells

Scientists have created embryo-like structures in the laboratory using cells from monkeys. Under the microscope, these structures looked identical to real early embryos or blastocysts – the ball of cells that usually goes on to ...

06 Apr 2023 at 16:00

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Couples could become surrogate baby’s legal parents at birth under new reforms

Couples could become a surrogate child’s legal parents at birth under proposed major reforms to the current decades-old law. The surrogate would be able to withdraw her consent until six weeks after the baby’s birth but by ...

29 Mar 2023 at 09:23

Couples could become surrogate baby’s legal parents at birth under new reforms

29 Mar 2023 at 00:01

People born by donor eggs or sperm will be able to find out biological origins

Dozens of young adults born via sperm or egg donation will be able to find out their biological origins in the coming weeks, with the first just days away from being able to apply to find out more information about ...

19 Sept 2023 at 00:01

Fertility unit’s licence suspended after ‘errors’ in freezing process

A fertility clinic which admitted that “errors” in its freezing processes had led to some embryos “either not surviving or being undetectable” has had its licence suspended. Homerton Fertility Centre in east ...

09 Mar 2024 at 11:11

Fertility regulator calls for changes to donor anonymity laws

The parents of babies conceived from donors should be able to find out their biological origins from birth rather than waiting until they are 18, a regulator has said. It is one of a number of ...

14 Nov 2023 at 00:01

Regulator updates rating system to warn of unproven fertility treatments

Fertility “add-ons” are to be graded in a new system to highlight unproven or unsafe treatments to unsuspecting patients. Hopeful parents are often offered optional extras to their treatment ...

19 Oct 2023 at 09:17

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