February 11, 2019
(The Washington Post) – The Johnsons’ story depicts a blunt truth about women’s health in the United States — about 700 women die a year as a result of pregnancy or delivery complications, data from the Centers for Disease Control … Read More
February 11, 2019
(NPR) – This week, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked Louisiana from enforcing a restrictive abortion law. The court will likely hear a challenge to the merits of that law this fall. Many states are moving to pass a number of … Read More
February 8, 2019
(Los Angeles Times) – With the national abortion debate entering a new stage, a survey of U.S. obstetricians and gynecologists has found that while nearly 3 out of 4 had a patient who wanted to end a pregnancy in the … Read More
February 8, 2019
(MIT Technology Review) – Officials at Stanford University have opened an investigation into what several high-profile faculty members knew about a Chinese effort to create gene-edited babies led by a onetime researcher at the California school, He Jiankui. The investigation, … Read More
February 8, 2019
(STAT News) – Surprise turns to shock and then outrage. That’s the theme of “Three Identical Strangers,” a documentary film released last summer and now being screened by CNN. The film also has a less well-known precursor, “The Twinning Reaction.” … Read More
February 8, 2019
(NBC News) – Commercial gestational surrogacy — the practice of paying a woman to carry a child that is not biologically related to her — is legal, or not expressly prohibited, in every state except New York, Louisiana and Michigan. … Read More
February 8, 2019
(Medscape) – Women who undergo in vitro fertilization (IVF) are more likely to experience severe complications of pregnancy, including severe postpartum hemorrhage, admission to the intensive care unit, and sepsis, compared with women who conceived without assisted reproduction techniques. Published … Read More
February 7, 2019
(Hastings Center) – A preliminary investigation by Guangdong Province in China of He Jiankui, the scientist who created the world’s first gene-edited babies, found that “He had intentionally dodged supervision, raised funds and organized researchers on his own to carry … Read More
February 7, 2019
(Australian Broadcast Co) – The concerns surround a recent paper published in the Australian Journal of Primary Health that argues women from as young as their late 20s should be routinely screened for fertility — like they are for cervical … Read More
February 7, 2019
(U.S. News & World Report) – All expectant parents worry, and for those undergoing fertility treatments, there are additional concerns about the health of their child. But a new study finds one less thing they need to stress over — … Read More
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