Nation May 16 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 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 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 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 Watch 5:07 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… Continue watching
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading