Why 50% of european egg donation happens in spain?

Vincenzo Pavone from the Institute of Public Policies (IPP) of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), explains how Spain has become Europe’s leading destination for egg donation. Egg donation plays a significant part in reproductive medicine in Spain.  Donated eggs are now one of the most important IVF treatments in the country and it’s growing.…

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Lesbian mums can’t register baby in Italy

Authorities in Turin, northern Italy, have refused to register the baby of a lesbian couple. Chiara Foglietta, a Turin councillor, underwent artificial insemination in Denmark and gave birth last Friday to baby boy Niccolo Pietro. Italian law sets strict rules for fertility treatment, making it available only to stable heterosexual couples. But Ms Foglietta has…

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