The Independent (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
This year sees the 30th birthday of the first IVF baby, Louise Brown. Her arrival was met with enormous press interest. Thousands of couples signed up for the same treatment, but the Catholic Church objected, drawing battle lines that are still evident.
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
The former Tina Louise Brown always wanted to be a teacher, said her son, Richie. She graduated from Haddon Heights High School in 1966 and earned a bachelor's degree in education from Glassboro State College - now Rowan University - in Glassboro in 1970. She married Richard F. Wells, a superior court judge in Camden County, in 1973.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
... But his biggest scoop was to break the news of the birth of the world's first test-tube baby, Louise Brown, in 1978, snatching the story from under the noses of world-class opposition.In the view of former colleague Bill Hunter, he was "a man for all seasons, the very epitome of the complete reporter with all the skills, cunning, humanity and wit that are a part of the whole. With...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
... since July 25, 1978, when two British doctors delivered the world's first test-tube baby, Louise Brown, by Caesarean.That number is growing faster because more women are waiting longer to start having children, and cheaper air travel makes it possible for even more couples to seek in-vitro fertilisation or IVF. Most treatments are among women aged between 30 and 39.The technique involves...
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
... gauging how well schools beat demographic odds is simplistic and outdatedAug 28, 2008 04:30 AM Louise Brown Education ReporterA new report that says Catholic school boards do more than public boards to help children overcome demographic hurdles is being called simplistic and outdated by a number of educators.The report released yesterday by the C.D. Howe Institute uses a special formula...
