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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

NHS patients faced bigger IVF delays during Covid than those paying privately

NHS patients were far more likely to suffer IVF delays during the pandemic than those paying privately, according to a new report from the regulator. NHS fertility services were slower to reopen as the entire health service came under strain due ...

17 May 2022 at 01:25

Widower in High Court fight over use of embryo created after IVF treatment

A 38-year-old widower wants a High Court judge to allow him to use an embryo created using his sperm and the eggs of his late wife after IVF treatment. Investment manager Ted Jennings, of Highbury, north London, has asked Mrs Justice Theis to ...

05 May 2022 at 15:55

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

Just 4% of men applying to be sperm donors end up donating – study

Just 4% of men who apply to be sperm donors in Denmark and the US – from which the UK takes over half its donations – get through the process, new research shows. The British expert behind the study said the UK’s system for sperm donation ...

09 Jan 2023 at 00:01

World’s first IVF baby calls out ‘postcode lottery’ of care

The world’s first IVF baby has called for an end to the “postcode lottery” of NHS fertility care. Louise Brown, who was born in 1978, said that it must be “devastating” for people to be told they cannot access funded IVF care. It comes ...

22 Jun 2022 at 01:01

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

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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 that ...

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 their ...

19 Sept 2023 at 00:01

Call for sperm and egg donors to be identifiable after the birth of a child

Children born via sperm or egg donation may not need to wait until their reach adulthood to find out information about their biological parents under proposed changes to the law. At present donor-conceived children ...

28 Feb 2023 at 00:01

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