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Latest Surrogacy News
14 Sep 2004
The British High Court three years after the mother of a
27-year-old infertile woman gave birth to a set of twins
conceived using in vitro fertilization and anonymously
donated embryos has awarded the infertile woman and her
husband custody of the children, according to an article
in the Sept. 3 issue of the journal Reproductive BioMedicine Online, the Sunday Times reports.
After four unsuccessful IVF attempts using donated eggs
and her husband's sperm, the 27-year-old IVF patient
appeared to be unable to carry a pregnancy to term. Her
44-year-old mother then agreed to be implanted with
donated eggs fertilized by the sperm of her son-in-law,
but doctors instead implanted donated embryos when no
donor eggs became available. The 44-year-old woman
delivered two healthy infants via caesarean section at
37 weeks gestation (Rogers, Sunday Times, 9/12).
The case marks the first report of a pregnancy and
subsequent birth of healthy twins following a surrogacy
in which a female patient's biological mother acts as
the surrogate, RBM Online reports (Woodward et. al, RBM
Online, September 2004).
The case "expands the boundaries of what is permissible
in fertility treatment," according to the Times. "It is
a very unusual arrangement," Bryan Woodward, the
embryologist who supervised treatment, said, adding, "We
went through all sorts of ethical hoops, but it was
clear it was the right thing to do. People's opposition
to such arrangements is dying down."
However, some groups opposed to the expanding boundaries
of fertility treatment have criticized the case,
according to the Times (Sunday Times, 9/12).
IVF Twins Born to
Biological Mother of Infertile Woman Using Donated
Embryos; Infertile Woman Wins Custody
14 Sep 2004
The British High Court three years after the mother of a
27-year-old infertile woman gave birth to a set of twins
conceived using in vitro fertilization and anonymously
donated embryos has awarded the infertile woman and her
husband custody of the children, according to an article
in the Sept. 3 issue of the journal Reproductive
BioMedicine Online, the Sunday Times reports.
After four unsuccessful IVF attempts using donated eggs
and her husband's sperm, the 27-year-old IVF patient
appeared to be unable to carry a pregnancy to term. Her
44-year-old mother then agreed to be implanted with
donated eggs fertilized by the sperm of her son-in-law,
but doctors instead implanted donated embryos when no
donor eggs became available. The 44-year-old woman
delivered two healthy infants via caesarean section at
37 weeks gestation (Rogers, Sunday Times, 9/12).
The case marks the first report of a pregnancy and
subsequent birth of healthy twins following a surrogacy
in which a female patient's biological mother acts as
the surrogate, RBM Online reports (Woodward et. al, RBM
Online, September 2004).
The case "expands the boundaries of what is permissible
in fertility treatment," according to the Times. "It is
a very unusual arrangement," Bryan Woodward, the
embryologist who supervised treatment, said, adding, "We
went through all sorts of ethical hoops, but it was
clear it was the right thing to do. People's opposition
to such arrangements is dying down."
However, some groups opposed to the expanding boundaries
of fertility treatment have criticized the case,
according to the Times (Sunday Times, 9/12).
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