Health May 12 Trump has a proposal to expand fertility benefits. Here's how that would work By Maria Ramirez-Uribe
Health May 11 How a crisis of conscience spurred this Christian IVF doctor's career pivot A Tennessee doctor is practicing reproductive medicine aligned with his Christian faith. His clinic draws patients nationwide who are concerned over the moral issues that surround in vitro fertilization. By Tiffany Stanley, Associated Press
Health May 11 WATCH: Trump announces new rule establishing an optional fertility benefit for workers President Donald Trump held an event in the Oval Office on Monday to announce that the Labor Department was issuing a new regulation to formally create a fertility benefit option for employers that could be offered to workers outside normal… By Associated Press
Politics Oct 16 WATCH: Trump announces deal with EMD Serono to lower fertility drug prices President Donald Trump made an announcement Thursday from the Oval Office that EMD Serono will reduce the cost of fertility medication in effort to help make IVF more affordable. By Associated Press
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
May 09 So you want to increase your country's birth rate? Experts say it's tough By Vivian Hoang, Hannah Grabenstein 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. Continue reading
Feb 23 Watch 5:29 What Trump's IVF executive order means for access to fertility assistance for Americans By Ali Rogin, Andrew Corkery 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… Continue watching
Sep 17 Senate Democrats to push for second time on IVF protection vote in election-year effort By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The bill has little chance of passing this Congress, and Republicans have already blocked the same bill. Continue reading
Aug 21 Tim Walz has described his family's IVF experience. But they used a different procedure By Chris Megerian, Laura Ungar, Associated Press He has implied that he and his wife used IVF to conceive, drawing a connection between their experience and efforts to limit the procedure. However, they actually used IUI, a different process that has attracted less controversy. Continue reading
Jul 18 WATCH: Where Republican delegates stand on abortion By Dan Cooney, Tim McPhillips After years of calling for federal restrictions on abortion, Republicans adopted a party platform this week at their national convention that reflects a shift toward former President Donald Trump’s latest stance on the issue: states should decide. Continue reading