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Experts say restrictions on socialising during Covid crisis may have led more women to seek to preserve fertilityThere has been a dramatic rise in the number of women freezing their eggs in the UK, while more single people are opting for IVF, figures s…
Exclusive: Scientists used stem cells to create the structures, which were unable to develop into a foetusScientists have created a model human embryo with a heartbeat and traces of blood in an advance that offers an extraordinary window into the first…
Ombudsman rules that hospital in Nowy Targ failed to tell Dorota Lalik, 33, that her life was in danger and could be saved by an abortion“Stop killing us,” protesters across Poland chanted this evening, demanding the legalisation of abortion, after rep…
73% of surveyed women say they received no information on bonding in first weeks after giving birthMore than one in 10 women struggle to bond with their baby, with the majority saying they are given no support from healthcare staff, a survey has found….
Queensland premier tells Today show she will be personally involved in review of Nikkole Southwell’s harrowing experienceFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast…
Lesley Regan, women’s health ambassador for England, says ‘destructive’ changes to NHS system in 2012 are failing womenWomen are finding it harder to access contraception than they did a decade ago, resulting in more unplanned pregnancies, the women’s …
Exclusive: Clinic operated by BPAS was intended to provide IVF at cost price but was sold to private providerEngland’s first not-for-profit fertility clinic has shut within a year of opening and has been sold to a private provider, in what one of its f…
Exclusive: IVF in UK ‘is the most successful and the safest it has ever been’, says Tim Child A leading fertility expert has said the law should be overhauled so that rapid advancements in reproductive science do not stall.Prof Tim Child of the Univers…
Perinatal mental health services do not meet national quality standards, report findsWomen’s lives are being put at risk by substandard mental health care during their pregnancy and in the first year after childbirth in most parts of the UK, a report h…
Vcat has ruled Ulyana Kora will be suspended for her role as a private midwife while working for Ten Moons, a home birthing serviceFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily ne…