Alabama Governor Signs Bill Protecting IVF Treatments
After the Alabama Supreme Court ruled in February that frozen embryos were children, legislators scrambled to protect in vitro fertilization clinics.
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Parents, Not the Government, Should Make IVF Decisions
Two-thirds of Americans oppose the Alabama ruling that claims frozen embryos are equivalent to children.
Frozen Embryos Are Now Children Under Alabama Law
State Supreme Court Chief Justice Tom Parker cited the Bible to explain why.
What if Men Could Produce Their Own Eggs?
In vitro gametogenesi could allow same-sex couples, post-menopausal women, and couples experiencing infertility to have children.
GOP Lawmaker Blocks IVF Protection Bill
Plus: Diminishing differences in regional attitudes, IRS begins monitoring small transactions, and more…
The Supreme Court's Dobbs Decision Threatens Assisted Reproduction
IVF at "significant risk"
Choosing Smart Embryos Isn't Immoral
It would be deeply immoral to require parents to select for particular traits, but it is also wrong to deny them the chance to make life easier for their children.
Is Gene-Editing Babies Now 'Monstrously Immoral'?
Flinging around such terms is not helpful and does not advance the debate.
Should the Government Ban Parents Using IVF from Picking Their Kid's Eye Color?
There is no compelling ethical reason to limit this exercise of reproductive liberty.
Skin Cells Into Babies: Bioethicists Freakout Again
Will most babies be created using in vitro gametogenesis in 40 years?
First 'Three Parent' Baby Born in Mexico
Due to FDA ban parents must resort to treatments abroad in order to have a healthy baby
First U.S. Uterus Transplant—Bioethicists Wring Hands
Why should not men be eligible for uterine transplants?
If People Could Genetically Modify Their Children to Be Smarter, Would They? Hell, Yes!
So argues Eugene Volokh, albeit with a bit more subtlety.
Who Owns Frozen Human Embryos?: Nick Loeb vs. Sofia Vergara
A contract is a contract, but a more generous spirit might relent
Nobel Laureates Call For Halting Scientific and Ethical Progress
Permissionless innovation works best for both scientific and moral progress.
Three Parent Babies Approved By British Parliament. Hooray!
Naturally the usual bioluddites are eager to stop progress.
Is It Immoral for Men to Gestate? Transgender* Women?
Recent advances in uterus transplantation will soon make this possible
Ronald Bailey Asks If It Is Immoral to Enable Men and Transgender Women to Gestate
Just because it's new doesn't mean that it's wrong.
New Company Practices Virtual Eugenics
GenePeeks aids parents in their quest for healthier babies by reducing the odds of structural or genetic birth defects.
Is Assisted Reproduction Too Risky for Kids?
The bioethics of in vitro fertilization and birth defects