https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Couples using in vitro fertilisation (IVF) can have embryos screened to ensure their child will not develop any serious hereditary disease or disability under a milestone law passed Thursday by Germany’s parliament. https://www.thelocal.de/20110707/36151 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 18:25:00 +0200 36151 Family Minister Kristina Schröder said on Monday she would try to make life easier for German couples who cannot have children naturally, with stronger financial backing for IVF treatment and easier adoptions. https://www.thelocal.de/20110509/34893 Mon, 09 May 2011 15:41:00 +0200 34893 Doctors have been given the green light to gene test IVF embryos for hereditary illnesses after a landmark court decision clearing a Berlin fertility specialist over his use of the controversial technique. https://www.thelocal.de/20100706/28331 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:55:00 +0200 28331 The murky legal territory of “designer babies” will go under the microscope Tuesday when a Leipzig court examines a fertility doctor’s gene testing of embryos from couples with hereditary risk of illness. https://www.thelocal.de/20100706/28319 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:17:00 +0200 28319