The Hell of Having a Baby in Gaza | The Nation ‘Women are giving birth in the streets’. Read that again. thenation.com/article/world/…

Great to see - Aus should follow suit and introduce flat fee compensation to ensure donors are not left out-of-pocket and their time and effort are appropriately recognised progress.org.uk/hfea-to-increa…

Join us May 2nd for the next installment of Reproduction in Society! We will hear from Lisa Dive UTS_GeneticCounselling, who will share insights from Mackenzie's Mission - preparing for population-wide reproductive genetic carrier screening in Australia🧬 register: monash.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

The Pope's take on surrogacy would mean that no one could ever undertake surrogacy: cruel and unworkable pageprovan.com.au/the-popes-crue…

Great to be back at #ASPOG24 sharing my research on mitochondrial donation Monash Bioethics Centre (w. Catherine Mills, Prof. Ainsley Newson 💉💉💉💉💉, Liz Sutton + dr narelle warren and co) and on surrogacy EPRD Monash University (w. Kiri Beilby and co)

The only way forward with #surrogacy Jens M. Scherpe

A massive congratulations to the brilliant and kind Dr Molly Johnston on her industry fellowship!

Very excited that my paper has now been published in Bioethics, I just can't stop gazing at it. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bi…

#Denmark moves to make children born via overseas #surrogacy easier to establish parentage, and make surorgacy in Denmark easier to do- from 1 January 2025. sm.dk/nyheder/nyheds…

#BREAKING: More than 350 academics and professional staff have signed an open letter in support of students at the pro-Palestine encampments "We reject the characterisation of these peaceful and urgent student-led protests and encampments as antisemitic" docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

UK set to increase compensation to £986 for egg donors (up from £750). What impact (if any) will this have on willingness to donate, especially given the cost-of-living crisis? PET progress.org.uk/changes-to-uk-…

Next month we continue the conversation on genetic screening, but this time in the context of gamete donation and from the perspectives of relevant stakeholders (donors, recipients, ART providers). join us! Details below👇

New paper out in BMC , reporting on some of our work on the experience of non-invasive prenatal testing in Australia. Starring : Lisa Hui Hilary Bowman-Smart Michelle Taylor-Sands, Mark Pertile and Catherine Mills 🤗

‼️Everyone sign this new petition‼️ 🔗aph.gov.au/e-petitions/pe… PhD students shouldn’t be in poverty. Simple as that. The Universities Accord said #RaiseTheStipend, but nothing’s happened. Tell parliament you want action! 📢 And tell everyone you know in Oz to sign as well❗️

Did you know that MBC's reproductive ethics team is an integral part of the mitoHOPE program? Learn how Australia's first mitochondrial donation trial can help families have healthy babies in this The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand piece by Catherine Mills, Dr Molly Johnston, and colleagues.

Very much looking forward to our upcoming RiS seminar with A/Prof Alex Polyakov Join us! Link to register for zoom below:

Good to see proper peer-reviewed research like this out there, rather than the well-rehearsed myths, assumptions and scare stories about #surrogacy and women who are #surrogates that seem to be popular. rbmojournal.com/article/S1472-…

Excellent comment piece on recent study: Surrogacy health risks – Do UK surrogates need to be worried? | PET progress.org.uk/surrogacy-heal…

Contributing to a story for goop wasn't on my academic bingo card this year - but here we are! Thanks Denise John for your interest in our research & the opportunity to discuss the collateral issue of egg freezing - what to do with unused eggs! goop.com/wellness/healt…

Are you interested in surrogacy and its regulation? Tune into the RiS seminar next week where I'll be sharing the findings from my PhD research. Open to all. Register here: monash.zoom.us/meeting/regist…