Human reproduction

The financial crisis has led to a reduction in abortions in Greece but it is still remains in the first ranks among European countries according to a British study conducted by the Obstretic-Gynecological Clinics of the University of London. There are 80,000 abortions per year, half of which involve underage girls.

Dutch women rights group, “Women on Waves”, is deploying a drone campaign carrying abortion (day after) pills to Poland in protest against Poland’s pregnancy termination restrictions. The group, banned from mailing the pills through the post, has decided to overcome the country’s constraints through drone deliveries.

Copenhagen-based Cryos International Sperm Bank is offering Danish women holidays under the sun in beautiful locations in Greece and Spain in exchange for their eggs. Women will be able to donate their eggs and in return they’ll be able to claim a trip.

One obscure fact out of the devastating quake that struck Nepal over the weekend is the fact that the Himalayan country is used by many same-sex couples in Israel for surrogate pregnancies.

A woman in southwestern Turkey has aborted her baby, in a case that has aroused national controversy, after her boyfriend accused of wounding her and killing her mother, Do?an News Agency has reported.

Venezuela is going through a rough time, with its economy shrinking by 7% alone in 2015 despite the fact that no memorandums or austerity were implemented in the sun-blessed and oil-rich country. One reason is the collapse in oil prices.

The doctor who failed to successfully perform tubal ligation as a means of sterilization on a woman has been ordered to pay all expenses for a child, born after the failed operation, until it reaches adulthood.
 

Britain could become the first country in the world to allow the creation of IVF babies with DNA from three parents on Feb. 3 in a move that has divided campaigners and religious leaders.
      
Lawmakers in parliament are set to vote on mitochondrial DNA donation techniques aimed at preventing serious inherited diseases.
      

A 36-year-old man in Macedonia, northern Greece, is facing charges for allegedly videotaping sexual encounters between him and his 33-year-old girlfriend without her consent and subsequently posting the illegal material online.

Cyber crimes officers are currently examining the suspect?s computer.

Highlighting once again the above-average number of Caesarean sections performed in the country, Turkish Health Minister Mehmet Müezzionoğlu has warned patient that they do not have the right to demand such operations.

"Demanding a natural birth is a natural right of the patient and this is the way it should be," Müezzinoğlu told a group of reporters in Parliament on Dec. 19.