A woman is suing the fertility clinic that helped her get pregnant using in vitro fertilization two years ago, saying she gave birth to another patient's child after doctors transferred the wrong embryo to her. Krystena Murray says she still wants to raise the baby boy, who she gave birth to in December 2023. She gave up the child after his biological parents demanded custody last year.
A new bipartisan proposal would put protection for in-vitro fertilization access into Georgia code after an Alabama Supreme Court ruling temporarily shut down clinics there and created uncertainty nationally.
Advocates on both sides of the fight over access to reproductive rights are gearing up for an expected debate this year over whether and how lawmakers should create new protections for access to in-vitro fertilization.
This election, the future of health coverage for fertility treatments has been a hot political issue. A new report highlights what coverage looks like for American workers right now.
Senate Republicans blocked a bill to ensure federal protections for access to in vitro fertilization treatments, calling it a "show" vote by Democrats. Republican leaders and Former President Trump, the GOP nominee for president, say they back IVF but not the legislation proposed by Democrats.
Former President Donald Trump told crowds in Wisconsin and Michigan that he would make IVF treatment free if he wins a second term. “I was always for IVF," Trump told them.
People in politics have shared their experiences with infertility, including Michelle Obama and Mike Pence. But men haven't been as open about it on the campaign trail like Walz has.
13 states introduced bills this year that could give rights to embryos and fetuses associated with people. None passed yet but IVF patients and doctors fear such laws could limit fertility treatment.
Activists who describe themselves as "abortion abolitionists" want to charge women who have abortions with homicide and ban the fertility treatment known as IVF, saying life begins at conception.
Michigan was the last state to criminally ban using a paid surrogate to have a child. Now that will change under a law signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Monday.
Religions hold a variety of views toward IVF. Catholicism has one of the strongest negative judgments against the practice. Yet many in the church still use the procedure in order to have children.
