Nov 29 Sex Cells: The Gender Divided Market for Eggs and Sperm By Rene Almeling Egg agencies and sperm banks, while they offer new fertility technology, have helped perpetuate old gender stereotypes, explains Yale sociologist Rene Almeling. Photo courtesy of Flickr user Ian Crowther. Editor’s Note: Today’s fertility industry is an economic force to… Continue reading
Aug 28 Watch Mei Xiang Gives Birth at the Smithsonian National Zoo Giant panda Mei Xiang gave birth at the Smithsonian's National Zoo on August 23. Continue watching
Oct 19 Watch Freezing Human Eggs for In Vitro Fertilization No Longer Experimental Procedure Freezing Human Eggs for In Vitro Fertilization No Longer Experimental Procedure… Continue watching
May 16 Watch Fertility Treatment & Cancer: Gina Danford’s Story, Part 3 Gina Danford describes her feelings after learning she had finally become pregnant. Continue watching
May 16 Watch Fertility Treatment & Cancer: Gina Danford’s Story, Part 2 Gina Danford describes how she felt after doctors discovered her third mass. Continue watching
May 16 Watch Fertility Treatment & Cancer: Gina Danford’s Story, Part 1 Gina Danford tells the story of her bout with ovarian cancer. Continue watching
Nov 08 Russia’s Shrinking Population Mars Putin’s Superpower Ambitions By Talea Miller Despite Vladimir Putin's efforts to encourage population growth in Russia, women have too few children and Russian men are dying young. Continue reading
Aug 30 Watch In Brazil, Women’s Changing Roles, Attitudes Leading to Smaller Families Despite having the most Catholics in the world, 80 percent of Brazilian women of childbearing age are using some form of artificial contraception. In partnership with National Geographic Magazine, special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro examines the declining fertility rate,… Continue watching
Jul 20 Watch Indonesian Plant Shows Promise for Male Birth Control A plant that reduces fertility, long used by Indonesian men, is being tested as a possible daily male birth control pill. Continue watching