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The Wider Image: Taiwan women freeze their eggs as 'insurance' in hopes for law change

Health Sep 27

Demand for egg freezing is rising as more people delay parenthood. Here’s what to know

By Ali Rogin, Claire Mufson, Laine Immell

Nation May 16

What would help families have more babies? Here’s what readers said

PBS News asked readers to share their thoughts on having children and incentivizing childbirth — and more than 900 people responded. Here's what they said.

By Hannah Grabenstein, Vivian Hoang

Nation May 09

So you want to increase your country’s birth rate? Experts say it’s tough

As the Trump administration floats potential incentives to bring up the U.S. birth rate, experts tell PBS News that increasing a country’s birth rate is a heavy lift — if it’s possible at all.

By Vivian Hoang, Hannah Grabenstein

Health Feb 23

Lynn Curry lifts frozen embryos out of IVF cryopreservation dewar, in Madison
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What Trump’s IVF executive order means for access to fertility assistance for Americans

One of the executive orders Trump signed this past week seeks policy recommendations to expand access to in vitro fertilization. According to a 2024 survey, 1 in 10 women of reproductive age say they received fertility assistance, including IVF, but…

By Ali Rogin, Andrew Corkery

Health Apr 07

assortment of used at-home pregnancy tests
More research is needed into why 1 in 6 people experience infertility, WHO says

A new report from the World Health Organization estimated that 17.5 percent of people across the globe have experienced infertility at some point in their adult lives.

By Bella Isaacs-Thomas

Apr 04

1 in 6 people globally face infertility at some point in life, WHO says

By Theresa Gaffney, STAT

The WHO recommends that countries offer universal health coverage of fertility treatments in light of a new report showing that 1 in 6 people struggle to conceive.

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May 31

How overturning Roe v. Wade could affect IVF

By Jennifer Gerson, The 19th

Different state’ definitions of personhood, designed with abortion in mind, may have legal ramifications for fertility treatment and embryos.

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Apr 25

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Chemicals in plastic, electronics are lowering fertility in men and women

By PBS NewsHour

Several chemicals found in everyday use products including plastic and electronics are lowering fertility in men, women and even some non-human species. Shanna Swan, a leading environmental and reproductive epidemiologist who has authored the book “Count Down” on the subject,…

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Feb 04

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Author Dani Shapiro on the power and danger of family secrets

After taking a DNA test on a whim, author Dani Shapiro discovered that her beloved late father had not been, in fact, her biological parent. She had been conceived using a sperm donor, and as was common at the time,…

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Oct 23

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From IVF to twins, a wounded vet and wife lean on each other

By PBS News Hour

Two years ago, what this couple wanted most was to start a family, but daunting physical and financial challenges stood in their way. William Brangham revisits Jason and Rachel Hallett, who struggled with the aftereffects of a grievous war injury…

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