Earlier this month, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in a landmark case concerning the legal motherhood of a child born through a surrogacy arrangement. While the High Court seemed willing to ...

Earlier this month, Minister for Health Simon Donnelly received Cabinet approval to forward the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2022 to the committee on health for review in January. This marks a ...

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We can quickly dismiss the claim that copulation during pregnancy is unique to humans. It is easy to understand how this myth originated. Copulation after conception seemingly serves no useful ...

The Assisted Human Reproduction (AHR) Bill has passed through the Seanad, ending a long wait for many parents of children born through surrogacy to be legally recognised as such. Only the biological ...

For a long time, having children has been a young person’s game. Although ancient records are sparse, researchers estimate that, for most of human history, women most typically conceived their first ...

As women age, their reproductive systems age too, increasing the risk of infertility, miscarriage or birth defects. A ...