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War Threatens Ukraine Surrogates, Intended Parents and Babies
As the world watches in horror Vladimir Putin’s attack on the democratic republic of Ukraine, all of us are pondering the impact of this terrible, historic war. Certainly few are more impacted by the disruption, [...]
U.S. Olympic Figure Skating Star Born through Assisted Reproduction
If the story of the 16-year-old U.S. figure skating phenom nearly sidelined from the Beijing Olympics by a COVID diagnosis wasn’t dramatic enough, the story of Alysa Liu’s heritage is a real page-turner. Liu’s father, [...]
How to Tell Your Kids They Were Born Using IVF
In 1978, in England, Louise Brown, the first child made outside the womb, was born. Over the course of the next few years, babies like Louise were labeled as “test tube babies” and shrouded in mystery, and there was a [...]
Is Fertility Treatment A Human Right?
As assisted reproductive technology (ART) becomes an increasingly common and accepted way of creating families, a growing movement calls for ART to be available to anyone who needs it, regardless of sexual orientation, gender [...]
Often at this time of year, I find myself thinking about years past, how blessed I have been to work in a field that still fills me with passion, and how exciting it is that the miracles of assisted reproduction are [...]