This Woman Will Decide Which Babies Are Born

[ Walk me through your own decision to do this—to use Orchid’s technology on yourself. I mean, I started the company because I wanted to test my own embryos. Because of your mom, or because of who you are as a person? Both. Reproduction is one of the most fundamental things in life. It’s like … Read more

Alabama hospital pauses IVF treatments after court rules embryos are ‘children’

[ Alabama’s largest hospital has paused IVF treatments following a controversial court ruling in the state that said frozen embryos are the legal equivalent of children. The University of Alabama at Birmingham said in a statement late on Wednesday that it must evaluate whether its patients or doctors could face criminal charges or punitive damages … Read more

Lawsuit claims Connecticut doctor used his sperm for insemination, 22 half-siblings found

[ NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — A Connecticut woman and her mother are suing a New Haven fertility doctor for allegedly using his own sperm during insemination back in the 1980s. “To think 10 to 15 years down the road from now, how many of us will there be?” said Janine Pierson, the woman who … Read more