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Conservatives push to declare fetuses as people, with far-reaching consequences
Fetal personhood, a longtime cornerstone of the anti-abortion movement, is the idea that a fetus, embryo or fertilized egg has the same legal rights as a person who has been born. If the law considers fetuses to be people, the thinking goes, then abortion would legally be considered murder.
Viewpoint: Restricting Obese Women From IVF Is Discriminatory
Fertility clinics bar women with obesity from their services, despite the lack of medical evidence for doing so.
Planning for a baby? Why both men and women should consider quitting alcohol before and during pregnancy
While the focus tends to be on a woman’s use of alcohol before and during pregnancy, an increasing amount of evidence indicates that men’s alcohol use also plays a role when it comes to the health of the baby. Indeed, alcohol can affect sperm DNA, in some cases reducing fertility and the potential to conceive.
Women are often told their fertility ‘falls off a cliff’ at 35, but is that right?
It’s a fact women’s fertility declines as they age. But the common description of fertility decline after age 35 as a “cliff” is more anxiety-provoking than factual.
Lawsuits Filed in Fertility Fraud Cases
Lawsuits seek damages against two doctors who allegedly used their own sperm to impregnate patients decades ago, resulting in children who are now adults.
Planning a baby? A fertility app won’t necessarily tell you the best time to try
There are more than 400 fertility apps available, and over 100 million women worldwide are using them. But they require some caution in their use.
Fighting Fertility Fraud: New State Laws Go After Misuse of Sperm
For Liz White, learning that her fertility doctor had substituted his own sperm for what she thought was from an anonymous donor was a punch to her gut.