fertility treatment

Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, meets with legislators last week on Capitol Hill.

Duckworth: Block Supreme Court Pick Who Thinks 'My Daughters Shouldn't Even Exist'

6:15pm October 06, 2020

by Sarah McCammon

Drawing from her own experience, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., says she fears Judge Amy Coney Barrett would oppose reproductive health techniques, including in vitro fertilization.

When Heather Woock was conceived, her mom sought the help of a fertility specialist. What happened next was not what she was led to believe. But it took three decades for it to come to light.

Health & Safety

Her Own Birth Was 'Fertility Fraud' And Now She Needs Fertility Treatment

6:15am January 20, 2020

Years ago, doctors sometimes lied about whose sperm they used for artificial inseminations. Could it happen now? Some argue regulation is weak in the multibillion dollar fertility treatment industry.

Ovarian tissue after the thaw — ready for reimplantation.

Twin Sisters Try To Get Pregnant With Ovaries They Froze In 2009

12:55pm July 19, 2016

by Rob Stein

Each twin had an ovary removed and frozen in 2009, when they were in their 30s, in hopes of buying more time to get pregnant and have babies. But will the thawed, reimplanted ovaries work?

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President Bush points out reporters and photographers to some of the McCaughey septuplets as they greet him at the Des Moines International Airport in Iowa in 2002.

National

World's First Surviving Septuplets, Born In '97, Graduate From High School

9:47pm May 23, 2016

by Dana Farrington

The McCaugheys inspired awe and debate over fertility treatment when they were born more than 18 years ago. Now that they have graduated, the siblings plan to take different paths.