Egg donors get up to $10,000

(Mar. 2, 2009)   In tough times women are tempted to sell their eggs at U.S. fertility clinics, especially when up to $10,000 is on offer. The ideal egg donor is "in her twenties, healthy, attractive and well-educated". You need to allow up to eight weeks but can go to work or school as usual, with a day off for egg retrieval ...

Vatican condemns IVF, other infertility treatments

(Dec. 12, 2008)   The Catholic Church says many procedures which infertile couples use to get pregnant are immoral. The document "Dignitas Personae", approved by Pope Benedict XVI, condemns in-vitro fertilization and other artificial reproductive technologies. It says life begins at conception ...

B.C. lawsuit: sperm donor offspring seeks her biological father

(Nov. 12, 2008)   Olivia Pratten wants the records of fertility clinics opened so that donor offspring can identify their biological parents. On Oct. 24, 2008 she launched a class action lawsuit ...

Baby born after ovary transplant from twin sister

(Nov. 24, 2008)   The world's first whole ovary transplant resulted in a healthy baby girl born in London ...

Egg donations drop 70% at Montreal fertility clinic

(Nov. 21, 2008)   A year after the ban on paying for eggs became law, the number of egg donors at the McGill Reproductive Centre dropped 70% ...

Free IVF in Quebec: Liberals to cover cost of treatments

(Nov. 24, 2008)   Election carrot would cost Quebec taxpayers $35 million in the first year and double the demand for IVF ...

Ontario convenes expert panel on infertility and adoption

(July 12, 2008)   Panel on fertility treatment and adoption will help find solutions for people trying to start or expand a family. The 12-member panel will recommend ways to make fertility treatment and adoption more accessible and affordable ...

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News items are written by Robin Hilborn, editor of Family Helper magazine and author of Family Helper web site, www.familyhelper.net. They are based on web searches, correspondents' reports, newsletters and email lists.