Heidi Collins Fantasia is an associate professor of nursing at University of Massachusetts, Lowell. Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade in June 2022 ended the federal right to abortion, legislative ...

In-vitro fertilization (IVF) is a widely talked about process. Following the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that embryos created during IVF are legally protected like any other child, medical experts ...

It has also become a big driver in the number of older single mothers in the U.S. at a time when the country's overall birth ...

Alabama lawmakers, reacting to public outcry over the state Supreme Court's decision that embryos created by in vitro fertilization are legally the same as children, passed a law on March 7 designed ...

For some, trying to get pregnant can take months of precise timing and planning before eventually seeking help through assisted reproductive technology like in vitro fertilization (IVF). IVF can be ...

Pregnancy is often talked about as though it's a light switch. You're a regular person walking around and then a switch flips — presto, you're pregnant. The reality is more nuanced. "Sex ed really ...

Researchers describe, for the first time, the full molecular cascade that comprises acrosomal exocytosis, an essential step in fertilization, in this week's PLoS Biology. "Exocytosis has been analyzed ...

Last week, the Southern Baptist Convention, which represents the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S., voted to approve a resolution laying out the ethical implications of in vitro ...