Artificial Reproduction

Michael Cook* |  The Russian media has been abuzz with the news that a 23-year-old woman from Moscow named Christina Ozturk and her husband have embarked upon the ambitious project of having 105 of their own biological children. . .
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Michael Cook* |  A trans man in the United Kingdom has lost his bid to be deemed a father on his child’s birth certificate – even though he conceived it, gestated it, and gave birth to it. . .
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Michael Cook* |  The controversy over three-parent embryos could soon be old hat. Writing in one of the world's leading journals, one of Britain's best-known bioethicists has outlined a strategy for creating children with four or more genetic parents. He calls it "multiplex parenting". . .
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Dr. Pilar Vigil Portales* | . . .In summary, the changes introduced in our culture have confronted OB/GYN with ethic dilemmas, especially important in areas dealing with human life, procreation and embryonic and genetic manipulation. It becomes necessary to reinforce the dignity of human life, not just because it is a living organism, but because of its humanity. . .
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Marnie Ko | . . .the new law will present the government with a tricky legal conundrum it will probably avoid the word adoption. "It might be cute to call this adoption," he says, "but I suspect that to avoid conferring legal personhood on the unborn the government will treat embryos as a property rights issue, using a word more akin to ownership." . . .
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Physician ceases provision of artificial insemination to all patients as a result of concern that she would be sued if she did not provide it to non-married persons and those identifying themselves as homosexual.
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