https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A 50-year-old woman has won a legal battle to use sperm taken from her dead husband for IVF in a landmark ruling by an Italian court. https://www.thelocal.it/20150210/italian-woman-allowed-to-use-dead-husbands-sperm Tue, 10 Feb 2015 13:21:00 +0100 italian-woman-allowed-to-use-dead-husbands-sperm A court in Bologna has granted a couple the right to use donors in fertility treatment immediately, four years since they launched their legal battle to have a family, their lawyer told The Local. https://www.thelocal.it/20140819/let-infertile-couples-use-donors-court Tue, 19 Aug 2014 14:41:00 +0200 let-infertile-couples-use-donors-court The first pregnancy by egg donation in Italy has been announced, described as a "moment of great emotion", just weeks after a ban on the fertility treatment was lifted by the country's constitutional court. https://www.thelocal.it/20140722/first-egg-donation-pregnancy-after-ban-lifted Tue, 22 Jul 2014 15:15:00 +0200 first-egg-donation-pregnancy-after-ban-lifted Public and private clinics in Italy will soon be able to provide egg and sperm donation services after a ban was lifted in April. https://www.thelocal.it/20140604/sperm-donor-services-to-start-in-italy Wed, 04 Jun 2014 16:20:00 +0200 sperm-donor-services-to-start-in-italy Italy’s constitutional court on Wednesday ruled that a ban on the use of donor sperm and eggs, which forms part of the country's restrictive law on fertility treatment, is “unlawful” and “unconstitutional”. https://www.thelocal.it/20140409/italys-top-court-says-ban-on-sperm-donors-is-unlawful-2 Wed, 09 Apr 2014 16:08:00 +0200 italys-top-court-says-ban-on-sperm-donors-is-unlawful-2