https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/experts-queen-mary-university-lisbon-portugal-b2364142.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ivf-ap-centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention-people-mercer-b2339601.html
Miscarriage certificate scheme to launch in Scotland as Sturgeon recalls grief at losing baby
Nicola Sturgeon has said her grief over her miscarriage will stay with her “forever”, as she announced a scheme that will allow women in Scotland to apply for certificates formally recognising their lost babies.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/fertility-clinic-lawsuit-cancer-gene-b2292920.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/sperm-donor-wins-custody-oklahoma-mother-b2284318.html
Opinion: Why was miscarriage care absent from the landmark women’s health strategy?
Last month, the government published their long-awaited Women’s Health Strategy, heralding it as a “landmark strategy” to “right the wrongs” and “end the injustices” that are systemic in so many areas of women’s health. Ministers have thanked the thousands of women who have fed into the consultation, and credited the department for reflecting these voices in the strategy and their calls for change.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/ccgs-nhs-equality-and-human-rights-commission-england-scotland-b2055164.html
Emma Barnett: IVF is painful and punishing enough without clinics pushing unproven treatments
There are many reasons I am deeply grateful to be alive now. Not least the status of women’s rights where I happen to live, and how lucky I feel to be a Jew now and not when my grandparents were coming of age in war-stricken Europe.
‘The stakes feel horribly high’: The women having to shield during IVF
In March 2020, fertility treatments were cancelled leaving many women in limbo, uncertain of when they might be able to resume treatment. Now, a positive PCR test could mean further cancellations and women aren’t taking the risk, finds Hannah Fearn
Two women give birth to each other’s babies and raise them for months in IVF mixup
A couple are suing the fertility clinic that mixed up their embryo with one belonging to another set of parents, and mistakenly implanted each into the wrong woman during IVF treatment. Alexander and Daphna Cardinale didn’t find out the truth about their baby until two months after the birth, during which time their baby girl’s appearance had raised a lot of questions.