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Baby Angus, his surrogate mother Jennifer McCloy and his biological mother, Edwina Peach

Jen had a baby for her best friend. It was harder than it needed to be

One in six couples face infertility. A new inquiry will look at how the government can make parenthood easier, from IVF to surrogacy.

  • Jordan Baker

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Debris covers the ground after an explosion on Saturday, May 17, 2025 in Palm Springs, Calif. (ABC7 Los Angeles via AP)

Investigators treating explosion outside Californian fertility clinic as terrorism

The suspect, who died in the explosion that tore through the clinic, attempted to record the attack.

  • Eric Tucker and Gene Johnson
Danielle and Leon Green at home in Western Australia.

A coroner couldn’t tell Danielle how her son died. Then she lost her daughter

After losing her two babies, Danielle Green wants genetic testing introduced in the post-mortem investigations of young people.

  • Frances Howe
Monash IVF has cancelled some Queensland fertility treatments over concerns sperm donor records do not meet new identification requirements.

Baby dreams left on ice over lack of sperm donor ID

Queensland fertility clinics have been forced to cancel some women’s IVF treatments because their embryos were created using sperm without adequate donor records to meet new rules.

  • Grant McArthur
In the past year, 21,757 Russian citizens have entered Argentina, including about 10,500 pregnant women.

Couple face police inquiries after baby born to commercial surrogate

Paying for surrogacy is illegal in Queensland, and carries a maximum penalty of three years in jail, although nobody has ever been prosecuted.

  • William Davis and Rosanna Ryan
Monash IVF has blamed “human error” for the disaster.

Monash IVF issued with ‘please explain’ for not raising alarm over baby bungle

The fertility giant was asked to justify why it withheld notice of an embryo mix-up to the sharemarket, causing its share price to plunge.

  • Grant McArthur
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Donald Trump has boasted of never having changed the nappy of any of his five children.

There is a solution to Donald Trump’s baby problem - he should resign

There is a problem of declining birthrates across many wealthy countries, but the nations where it has collapsed have one thing in common.

  • Michelle Goldberg

The April 19 edition

The ‘grassroots’ group waging a propaganda war | Egg freezing: on the rise | Lady Gaga’s happy place | The tiny town inspiring Bangarra | Zoe Daniel

Egg freezing at Number One Fertility clinic in Melbourne.

Egg freezing is on the rise: ‘Fertility insurance’, or a risky lottery?

The number of Australian women freezing their eggs is skyrocketing – but the proportion who actually use them is surprising.

  • Amanda Hooton
An embryologist at the Monash Medical IVF clinic at the Epworth Hospital.

Victorian IVF clinics might be underreporting dangerous incidents, report finds

Only one in five cases of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) – one of the most dangerous complications from IVF – were reported properly, according to a 2022 report.

  • Grant McArthur

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