The Latest Breaking News from Infertility

It’s important to acknowledge ‘fertility privilege’, but let’s not dismiss those whose privilege has been hard won, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Infertility affects one in six people globally, according to a report from the World Health Organization, which urged countries to do more to help people conceive, Bloomberg reported. Researchers found little difference between high, middle and low-income countries in the report published Tuesday. This crisis has left many people struggling…

The organization also said high costs for fertility treatments were a “medical poverty trap.”

Senators Catherine Ardagh and Fiona O'Loughlin have introduced legislation to establish publicly funded IVF. It is an important step forward in laying the groundwork for reaching a system of publicly funded assisted human reproduction treatment in Ireland.