After struggling for eight years to have a baby, Shannon Petersen and her husband decided to try in vitro fertilization (IVF) in 2022. Their fertility doctor recommended a test that sounded like ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ellen Matloff covers genetic counseling, testing and digital health. The Alabama ruling states that embryos are children, with the ...

Infertility impacts millions of people worldwide. One in six women will have difficulty having a baby. Many reasons, including age, health and other factors, can cause trouble conceiving. Many couples ...

When Kristia Rumbley, a mother of four living in the Birmingham area, first heard about the Alabama Supreme Court’s controversial ruling on frozen embryos, her first thought was of her own. Rumbley, ...

A test deployed in many fertility clinics to assess the viability of embryos for use in IVF is likely to overestimate the number of embryos with abnormalities, suggests a study published today. Using ...

Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. After struggling for eight years to have a baby, Shannon Petersen and her husband decided to try in vitro fertilization (IVF) in ...