"Now you can design your own baby. But should you?" is the tantalizing teaser for this week's much-quoted article about preimplantation genetic diagnosis in the online magazine Slate. The inaccurate and sensational lead-in is entirely appropriate for...

Happy birthday to Jessica Collins! The first MicroSort baby, who was conceived after XSort and IUI, turns 10 today. It reminds those of us who have used MicroSort, and those who are contemplating it, what a new technology this really is.

I guess no one can accuse India's government of reacting too swiftly. When the Baby Gender Mentor was released, many were alarmed about how the early baby gender test might be misused in India. Today, over a year later and after the product has already...

After viewing an ABC report about Baby Gender Mentor 's problems and lack of oversight for the test, Florida Congressman Jim Davis has urged the FDA to investigate Acu-Gen and to regulate similar baby gender tests, and the Florida Attorney General has...

Baby Gender Mentor, the at-home DNA test claiming to reveal an unborn baby's gender as early as 5 weeks of pregnancy, convinced many customers that their claims of near-perfect accuracy were real by offering a 200% money back guarantee if your result...

If you're considering IVF, one of the important decisions you'll make is the choice of a clinic to perform the IVF procedure. The new Web site for the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART) provides IVF success rates for clinics in the US...

Over-regulation of fertility treatment in the UK has created a boom in "fertility tourism" in other countries, as UK couples are driven abroad to seek fertility treatment that is not available at home. Now the HFEA, which regulates IVF in the United Kingdom...

The ABC morning show Good Morning America features the Magill family of Grafton, Mass. The parents of 3 girls used PGD, or preimplantation genetic diagnosis, to conceive twin boys, now nearly one. The segment includes comments by Dr. Mark Hughes, who...

If you're hoping to use MicroSort to conceive a son or a daughter, get ready for the sticker shock to get even worse. There's just been a significant price increase in the sperm sorting service. Notes: Service March 2005 March 2006 Increase MicroSort...

Trevor Eve "The Family Man" An upcoming 3-part miniseries on UK television features a fertility expert facing ethical dilemmas in the world of IVF. One story line concerns parents of 3 daughters, who are devastated after the death of their son and want...

Leila's lovely daughter Malia A segment about Baby Gender Mentor airs tonight on CNN's Paula Zahn Now (8 eastern, 7 central). "The maker of the product says the problem is with THEIR babies, not HIS test," says the teaser. The story features three of...

Lucas Kian Rivera Minutes after birth Just a few hours ago as I write this, a nightmare pregnancy came to an end for Erin Rivera. A time that was supposed to be filled with joy and expectation became instead an agony of anxiety and worry when the Florida...

Melissa Russell and baby Violet Faith "As featured on ABC's World News Tonight" are the first words on PregnancyStore.com, referring to last summer's story about a revolutionary new test called Baby Gender Mentor that promised to reveal your unborn baby...

Tampa's ABC News affiliate reveals that no government agency regulates sales of gender tests like the Baby Gender Mentor. The FDA does not require oversight of the test because it's a "home brew" -- a test sold as a service. Women are saying, "Wow, that...

Erin Rivera bought the Baby Gender Mentor to find out her baby's unborn gender at just 10 weeks of pregnancy. She thought it would be fun to surprise her husband, stationed in Afghanistan, with their baby's sex much earlier than possible by ultrasound...