ABC News asks if Baby Gender Mentor is "inaccurate, or worse?"
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...
View ArticleABC News airs follow-up to Baby Gender Mentor controversy
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...
View ArticleA deluge of bad press about Acu-Gen's Baby Gender Mentor
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...
View ArticleBaby Lucas is born perfectly healthy after Trisomy-18 diagnosis from Acu-Gen
Lucas Kian RiveraMinutes 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...
View ArticleTONIGHT on CNN's Paula Zahn: Acu-Gen's Baby Gender Mentor
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...
View Article'The Family Man' TV drama addresses gender selection
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...
View ArticleMicroSort hikes prices
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....
View ArticleGood Morning America features PGD
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...
View ArticleUK government advises "fertility tourists" to stay home -- but leaves no...
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....
View ArticleNew Web site for IVF success rates
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...
View ArticleBaby Gender Mentor retracts 200% money back guarantee, and PregnancyStore...
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...
View ArticleCongressman urges FDA to investigate Acu-Gen's Baby Gender Mentor, and to...
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...
View ArticleIndia state plans to ban Baby Gender Mentor and other early prenatal gender...
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....
View ArticleWorld's first MicroSort baby celebrates 10th birthday
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,...
View ArticleMisleading "Slate" article slurs PGD
"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...
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