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Dr. David Keefe, a specialist in infertility at New York University’s School of Medicine, talks about what is known, what remains unexplained and how genome sequencing is helping to reduce miscarriages.
We are witnessing dazzling advances in fertility treatments. But why, as we teeter on the brink of uterus transplants, are women catching more flak at pharmacies for just trying to fill a birth control prescription? And why is there not a single law about male fertility?
Jyotsna’s story begins with a decision to freeze her eggs five years ago in New York and is sustained by a remarkable degree of family and community support. “Ten years ago I would have said ‘no’,” says her mother. “But things are changing.”
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The Texas law banning same-sex marriage loses a round in court. Also this week, Saudi human rights activists are advocating the government find Saudi fathers of Syrian refugees and document the citizenship of the refugees.
Somayya Jabarti is the first woman in Saudi Arabia to head a newspaper. Also this week, Syrian women who have fled to Lebanon are suffering severe stress and health problems.
Older female celebrities who seem to get pregnant easily can mask the real struggles involved, especially since the public rarely learns if they had the help of fertility treatments, says Tanya Selvaratnam in this excerpt from “The Big Lie.”
Progressive women seized on elements of the speech as a chance to showcase legislative priorities. A leader of one conservative women’s group, however, slammed the State of the Union address, deriding Obama as “provider in chief.”
When it comes to conception, modern technology doesn’t always eclipse Mother Nature. Infertile women are opening up about the shame of childlessness in an age of high-tech babies.
While IVF and ART are becoming increasingly common, there’s still a lack of evidence-based medicine, and laws in place, behind these reproductive technologies, say the guest editors in this excerpt from Miriam Zoll’s “Cracked Open.”
Many in medical professions and the general population still deem disabled women unsuitable for sexuality and reproduction, says Rickie Solinger in this excerpt from “Reproductive Politics.” Reproductive technologies can also add to stigma.