Choosing an egg donor can awaken deep fears about readiness. Yet this hesitation may actually signal a wish to protect the future family rather than avoidance.

President Donald Trump announced last week two moves that could lower the cost of fertility treatments for some Americans but fell well short of his campaign promise to make in vitro fertilization ...

When I was growing up, first under Bush and then under Obama, my mother used a familiar refrain to explain how politics works from a liberal perspective: two steps forward and one step back. Politics, ...

President Trump said the cost of drugs for in vitro fertilization will decrease "dramatically," as his administration has negotiated lower prices for an expensive component of the IVF cycle. Nikki ...

President Trump’s dual-pronged action on expanding access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) is garnering mixed reactions from lawmakers, advocates and medical groups, with some calling it a step in ...

Alice’s note: This story first appeared in my blog The Bright Lights of Muleshoe on October 20, 2025. Rico and Crystal Alarcon invited me to their daughter Zoey’s Quinceanera. This would be a new ...

President Trump will reportedly announce his first concrete steps Thursday toward expanding access to in vitro fertilization (IVF), an expensive procedure to induce pregnancy that he promised to make ...

This week, Dr. David Gordon reviews Ivan Eland's A Balance of Titans. While admiring Eland’s call for less intervention, Dr. Gordon asks why the US needs to ...

Donald Trump on Thursday announced a plan aimed at making in vitro fertilization more affordable, an initial step in a long-touted campaign promise.

Once a sperm has broken through to an egg cell in order to fertilize it, the two cells need to hold together tightly. This occurs via a type of protein binding that is among the strongest in ...

We all want our children to be healthy, right? Direct embryo screening for genetic diseases is becoming a tool for prospective parents to make decisions about the health of their future children. With ...

Effective immediately, for the first time ever, we will make it legal for companies to offer supplemental insurance plans specifically for fertility — that’s never been done before,” Trump said in the ...