Nov 16 2016
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It’s an age-old tale—boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets court order to force girl to bring the embryo they…
May 9 2016
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Last year, Sophia Vergara’s former fiancé, Nick Loeb, garnered media attention (including a controversial opinion…
Apr 23 2015
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Rejoice—and perhaps strap on your finest pair of “head for the hills” shoes—for scientists in China have finally…
Sep 14 2012
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Who knew that "Every Sperm is Sacred" would be an anthem of the now-inevitable nadir of the abortion debate? Case in…
May 21 2012
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Well, thank goodness that's settled. The Supreme Court ruled today that children conceived via in vitro…
Apr 25 2012
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Earlier this week, the Tennessee state Senate offered its near-unanimous approval to a measure that would make it a…
Oct 21 2011
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On November 8, Mississippians will vote on Initiative 26, an amendment to their state's constitution declares that…
Oct 18 2011
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Europe's highest court ruled today that it's not legal for companies to patent any sort of research method that…
Nov 27 2010
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Pope Benedict XVI doesn't think people respect embryos enough, and said so during a recent vespers service. He also…
Apr 16 2010
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A new procedure that combines DNA from one man and two women may help produce embryos free of genetic disease. Some…
Apr 1 2010
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A California woman who underwent fertility treatments has given birth to octuplets, but a new test may make the…
Jan 21 2010
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• Did John Edward's acknowledgment of his born-out-of-wedlock daughter put the final nail in his political coffin?…
Sep 11 2009
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• 79-year-old Susie Mann was diagnosed with terminal intestinal cancer. Instead of giving up, Mann has decided to liv…
Jul 7 2009
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In a repeal of Bush-era limitations, federal funding can now be used on any existing embryonic stem cell line, as…
Jun 22 2009
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What do you do with 2,000 abandoned embryos? Dr. Robert Anderson's answer to this question highlights how the simple…
Mar 4 2009
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Just like Margaret noted yesterday, William Saletan writes in Slate about the anti-abortion movement's use of Nadya…
Mar 3 2009
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In an apparent reaction to the Nadya Suleman case, Georgia politicians have introduced a bill that would limit the…
Jan 27 2009
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A California woman who underwent fertility treatments has given birth to octuplets, but a new test may make the…
Dec 4 2008
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Hot on the heels of NYC socialite Alex Kuczynski's surrogacy overshare in the New York Times Magazine comes news…
Sep 29 2008
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Most infertility patients support using leftover embryos for stem cell research and are in favor of selling the embryos to other couples, according to a recent survey of 1,350 infertility patients at a university fertility center in Illinois. It was estimated in 2002 that nearly 400,000 embryos are in storage at U.S.…