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Surrogacy and the COVID-19 vaccine - a UK perspective
Surrogacy and the COVID-19 vaccine – a UK perspective 24 May 2021 By Sarah Taylor-Jones Five-time surrogate and chairperson for the board of trustees at SurrogacyUK Appeared in BioNews 1096 It is reported that surrogacy agencies in the USA have been so overwhelmed by requests for unvaccinated surrogates that it has now become a new matching criterion that the agencies use when placing surrogates to work with intended parents.
Donor conception: How demographics and disclosure experiences impact donor-conceived adults’ motivations for seeking information about, and contact with, sperm donors
Highlights • The majority of participating donor-conceived adults had sought donor information (88.4%) and/or donor contact (72.5%). • The most common motivations reported for each were similar and related to medical information, curiosity and identity. • Seeking donor information: likelihood of being motivated by wanting medical information decreased with participant age and increased when anxiety had been experienced.
Celebrity scandal exposes surrogacy discontent in China
Celebrity scandal exposes surrogacy discontent in China 25 January 2021 Appeared in BioNews 1080 Chinese actor Zheng Shuang has been dropped from her professional partnerships, including her role as brand ambassador for fashion house Prada, after being embroiled in a surrogacy scandal.
International surrogacy: new HFEA guidance and the dangers of oversimplifying a complex picture
International surrogacy: new HFEA guidance and the dangers of oversimplifying a complex picture 14 December 2020 Appeared in BioNews 1076 The pandemic has thrown a spotlight on international surrogacy. The sudden restrictions in 2020 on international travel have prevented parents from getting to the births of their surrogate children, and stopped travel for the purposes of conception.
Continuing issues and debate concerning transnational commercial surrogacy during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond
Continuing issues and debate concerning transnational commercial surrogacy during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond 30 November 2020 By Yuri Hibino, Sonia Allan, and Damian Adams Assistant Professor of Law, Kanazawa University, Japan; Professor of Law, Western Sydney University, Australia; PhD candidate, Flinders University, Australia and donor-conceived person. Appeared in BioNews 1074 The regulation of surrogacy varies around the world.
Book Review: We Are Family
Book Review: We Are Family 9 November 2020 Appeared in BioNews 1071 Susan Golombok, professor of family research and director of the Centre for Family Research at the University of Cambridge, has been studying changing family structures since the 1970s, when she began a study of the wellbeing of children with lesbian mothers.
TV Review: 25 Siblings and Me
TV Review: 25 Siblings and Me 2 November 2020 Appeared in BioNews 1070 'Eye-opening and jaw dropping' is how Stephen Fry described this documentary, taking a temporary break from his Twitter hiatus to tweet about 25 Siblings & Me, featuring Oli, a young British man with Asperger's who has long known about his donor conception and recently discovers he has a family of 25 siblings from his American donor.
Donor-conceived and surrogacy-born children's rights in the age of biotechnology
Donor-conceived and surrogacy-born children's rights in the age of biotechnology 27 January 2020 Appeared in BioNews 1032 As we enter 2020 and countries continue to grapple with the issues raised by donor-conception and surrogacy, reflection on recent 'consultations' and 'reviews' by government, not-for-profit and United Nations (UN) organisations around the world reveal that meaningful inclusion of the voices of people born as a result of such practices is often lacking.
Whoever fills the role, the new WHO director-general has a rocky road ahead
At the 70th UN World Health Assembly in Geneva on May 22 to 31 2017, all 194 member countries will vote on the next director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO). This is the first time the vote is open to the assembly’s entire membership instead of just the executive board. The person who takes office on July 1 2017 will have significant impact on the organisation, and on all of global health.
The New World Health Organization Director-General Will Face Challenges
At the 70th UN World Health Assembly in Geneva on May 22 to 31 2017, all 194 member countries will vote on the next director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO). This is the first time the vote is open to the assembly's entire membership instead of just the executive board. The person who takes office on July 1 2017 will have significant impact on the organization, and on all of global health.
Health Law Central
Telling a child that they are donor-conceived is the first step to ensuring they are informed about who they are and how they came about. Evidence suggests that talking with a child from an early age about donor conception will make it an acceptable part of your family story. There are a number of other reasons that support telling a child.
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