Legal news and commentary from the offices of Simon Dippenaar
Protecting children through temporary care You may have read the brilliant retelling of David Copperfield by Barbara Kingsolver, called Demon Copperhead. It tells the story of Demon, who was passed from foster home to foster home, often living in appalling conditions, before winding up addicted to opioids. (The story has a happy ending; he goes […]
Understanding gamete ownership You may have seen the Netflix film “Joy: The Birth of IVF”. It tells the story of Louise Brown, the first “test-tube baby”, and the scientists as well as brave women who helped to bring about this breakthrough in reproductive science. We take fertility treatment for granted now, but procedures like IVF, […]
What you need to know if you are considering parenthood via surrogacy You probably know someone who has had a baby through fertility treatment, either via artificial insemination (AI) or in vitro fertilisation (IVF, or a “test-tube baby”). Fertility issues are far from rare: the WHO estimates that globally one in six adults experiences infertility. […]
