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 Sep 17 Senate Democrats to push for second time on IVF protection vote in election-year effort The bill has little chance of passing this Congress, and Republicans have already blocked the same bill. By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press
Politics Aug 21 Tim Walz has described his family’s IVF experience. But they used a different procedure 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. By Chris Megerian, Laura Ungar, Associated Press
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
Jul 12 More than 6 in 10 Americans support protecting access to in vitro fertilization, AP-NORC poll finds By Colleen Long, Amelia Thomson-Deveaux, Associated Press According to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, relatively few Americans fully endorse the idea that a fertilized egg should have the same rights as a pregnant woman. But a significant share – 46%… Continue reading
Jun 13 WATCH: Senate Democrats hold news conference after vote to protect IVF care fails By Stephen Groves, Associated Press 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… Continue reading
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