IVF – World Justice News

Major Alabama hospital pauses IVF after court rules frozen embryos are children

February 22, 2024 World Justice News 0

A ruling from the Alabama Supreme Court that frozen embryos are considered children, and that a person could be held liable for accidentally destroying them, has opened up a new front in the US battle […]

Frozen eggs and sperm to get 55-year storage limit

September 5, 2021 World Justice News 0

Storage limits for eggs, sperm and embryos will go up to 55 years under government plans that ministers say will give people greater choice over when to start a family. Health Secretary Sajid Javid said […]

IVF: Second couple sue after clinic ‘uses wrong embryos’

July 11, 2019 World Justice News 0

A US couple are suing a fertility clinic, saying the company implanted their embryo into a different woman. The woman gave birth to twins in March, only for DNA tests to allegedly show the babies […]

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Patients in chains rescued from suspected illegal rehab centre in South Africa

October 16, 2026 0

A pastor and his wife have been arrested in South Africa after 200 people, some in chains, were found held at a suspected illegal rehabilitation centre in the north-eastern part of the country. The facility, […]

Human Rights

UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy

October 15, 2026 0

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened to ban all Eritreans from entering the UK if the east African country’s government does not accept more returns of small boat migrants and foreign national offenders. From Thursday, […]

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Report finds ‘clear human rights failures’ in southern Scotland

October 7, 2026 0

A new report has found “clear human rights failures” across the south of Scotland with basic obligations on food, health and housing not being met. The study was carried out over eight different local authority […]