Browsing: fertility
Becca Chambers wishes she had someone to talk to at work while navigating infertility treatments. Instead, she kept it to…
Cancer survivor says embryos with an ex-husband are her last chance to have a baby. Ex-husband wants to avoid procreating against his will
A trial is underway in Virginia that will determine whether state law allows frozen embryos to be considered property that…
South Korea’s president is establishing a new ministry to boost the country’s birth rate, the world’s lowest, after a bruising election loss
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol issued his first apology over his wife receiving a luxury handbag under questionable circumstances,…
Colorless liquid that emits a toxic vapor known to cause liver cancer and reproductive problems banned from use in paint stripper
The Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday it has finalized a ban on consumer uses of methylene chloride, a chemical that is…
A pregnancy at age 35 used to be called ‘geriatric,’ but life is so unaffordable that now it’s a sweet spot
Pregnant women over 35 are sometimes categorized by doctors with a term that doesn’t characterize their true age: “geriatric pregnancy.” …
How a 35-year-old woman’s seven-year infertility odyssey ended thanks to a corporate benefit—and a state that allowed her to get IVF treatment
Meaghan Ferneau was 29 years old when she found out she was infertile. She had undiagnosed endometriosis for years, and…
East Asian societies have the world’s lowest birth rates—and are learning that ‘throwing a bit of money’ at the problem isn’t solving anything
Governments across Asia—in Singapore and Beijing, Tokyo and Seoul—are facing a crisis: plummeting birth rates. For several decades now, people…
Just 230,000 babies were born in South Korea in 2023, as the country’s baby bust breaks records
South Korea set a fresh record for the world’s lowest fertility rate as the impact of the nation’s aging demographics…