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What would help families have more babies? Here’s what readers 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
Watch 5:29
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

Politics Jun 13

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a press conference in Washington
WATCH: Senate Democrats hold news conference after vote to protect IVF care fails

Senate Republicans blocked legislation that would make it a right nationwide for women to access in vitro fertilization and other fertility treatments after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer forced a vote on the matter Thursday in an effort to drive an election-year…

By Stephen Groves, Associated Press

Nation Jun 13

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What you need to know about the Southern Baptists’ resolution on IVF

Did the resolution condemn IVF or call for its banning? Not in a blanket way.

By Peter Smith, Associated Press

Mar 10

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The role of fetal personhood in the anti-abortion movement and legislation

By John Yang, Kaisha Young

The all-Republican Alabama Supreme Court ruled in February that embryos created using in-vitro fertilization are legally children, a move that was hailed by many in the anti-abortion movement. John Yang speaks with Julie F. Kay, a human rights attorney who…

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Mar 08

Alabama clinic resumes IVF treatments under new law shielding providers from liability

By Associated Press

At least one fertility clinic in Alabama has resumed in vitro fertilization treatments. News outlets report that Alabama Fertility Specialists performed several embryo transfers Thursday.

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Mar 01

Here’s what to know about the latest court rulings, data and legislation on abortion in the U.S.

By Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press

A judge in Montana ruled against restrictions in one of several developments this week on how abortion works in the U.S. since Roe v. Wade was overturned.

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Feb 29

Alabama lawmakers rush to restore IVF services after court ruling

By Kim Chandler, Associated Press

Three IVF providers in Alabama paused services after the state Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos were considered "extrauterine children" under the state wrongful death law.

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Feb 28

Republicans block Senate bill to protect nationwide access to IVF treatments

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Stephen Groves, Associated Press

Senate Republicans have blocked legislation that would protect access to in vitro fertilization, objecting to a vote on the issue Wednesday even after widespread backlash to a recent ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court that threatens the practice.

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