https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A team of Greek and Spanish doctors announced Thursday the birth of a baby using DNA from three people after a controversial fertility treatment that has provoked intense ethical debate https://www.thelocal.es/20190411/spanish-fertility-doctors-behind-world-first-three-person-baby Thu, 11 Apr 2019 21:30:17 +0200 spanish-fertility-doctors-behind-world-first-three-person-baby The conservative party’s treatment restrictions for lesbians and single women were deemed "misogynistic" and counterproductive to a country with one of the lowest birth rates in Europe. https://www.thelocal.es/20180709/lesbians-and-single-women-in-spain-get-free-fertility-treatment-back Mon, 09 Jul 2018 18:06:34 +0200 lesbians-and-single-women-in-spain-get-free-fertility-treatment-back The general trend of Spanish and foreign women getting pregnant later in life, lenient legislation and foreign demand have made Spain the go-to place for fertility treatment. https://www.thelocal.es/20160615/how-spain-became-the-eldorado-of-fertility-treatment Wed, 15 Jun 2016 10:21:33 +0200 how-spain-became-the-eldorado-of-fertility-treatment Spanish women are putting off having their first baby until an average age of 32 with extremely low levels of state aid for parents playing a role, a new study reveals. https://www.thelocal.es/20141114/spanish-women-oldest-first-time-mothers-in-europe-ifp Fri, 14 Nov 2014 14:12:00 +0100 spanish-women-oldest-first-time-mothers-in-europe-ifp A Spanish scientist who's investigated the bizarre drop in fertility seen on farms across the country in 2010 has warned her findings could also apply to human sterility. https://www.thelocal.es/20140610/infertility-in-spanish-pigs-a-warning-to-humans Tue, 10 Jun 2014 13:08:00 +0200 infertility-in-spanish-pigs-a-warning-to-humans Juan Jimenez took advantage of a day off to join his partner in collecting their one-year-old son Pablo from a private daycare which the couple struggle to pay for. https://www.thelocal.es/20130725/working-mums-woes-keep-spains-birthrate-low Thu, 25 Jul 2013 11:41:00 +0200 working-mums-woes-keep-spains-birthrate-low A Barcelona fertility clinic is collecting signatures with the goal of forcing changes to a Spanish law that prevents would-be parents from undergoing treatment to select the sex of their baby. https://www.thelocal.es/20130627/parents-petition-to-choose-sex-of-babies Thu, 27 Jun 2013 12:28:00 +0200 parents-petition-to-choose-sex-of-babies