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 ...

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 ...

Who hasn't seen it before: the view through the microscope in which a sperm penetrates an egg cell and fertilizes it. This fundamental step in procreation happens dynamically and seemingly without ...

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 ...

As a result, fertility treatments such as sperm donation and egg donation have become important medical options. In Accra, ...

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 ...