Assisted Reproductive Technology

Sperm Semantics

Randi Hutter Epstein, MD, MPH | Posted 04.29.2012

Randi Hutter Epstein, MD, MPH

It's time to evaluate the reproductive vocabulary list and think twice about our word choices and the messages we are trying to portray.

5 Tips For People Of Faith Considering Reproductive Technology

Ellen Painter Dollar | Posted 04.15.2012

Ellen Painter Dollar

The technologies available to people who want to have a baby but struggle to conceive naturally are many and growing, raising many vexing questions for people who want to make decisions in line with their religious faith.

Longing For Life

Tamara McClintock Greenberg | Posted 12.04.2011

Tamara McClintock Greenberg

In current times, we are aging quite diversely. While some people can enjoy the benefits of medical technology when it comes to conceiving a child, assisted reproductive technology does not work for everyone.

What's The Perfect Age To Be A Mother?

Janice Van Dyck | Posted 12.04.2011

Janice Van Dyck

Is it possible we're missing the old days when younger couples did the parenting and older couples were grandparents?

Children Who Glow? A Jewish Law Perspective On Reproductive Ethics

Mary J. Loftus | Posted 11.24.2011

Mary J. Loftus

The centrally important question under Jewish law would be: Have we produced another healthy or healthier child?

Katherine Bindley

Is It An Egg Or A 'Gift'? Inside The Marketing Of Reproductive Donation

HuffingtonPost.com | Katherine Bindley | Posted 11.20.2011

What really goes on behind the closed doors of sperm banks and other institutions that broker the exchange of reproductive materials for money? Tha...

Secrets of Fertility

Dr. Maoshing Ni | Posted 11.17.2011

Dr. Maoshing Ni

According to Chinese medicine, seasons really do affect fertility. Chinese medicine looks to the energetic cycles of the universe for health answers; the female and male energies rise and fall throughout the year.

Proposed Restrictions on Reproductive Rights Threaten Economic Growth

Nazca Fontes | Posted 05.25.2011

Nazca Fontes

Legislative efforts to restrict donor compensation and other restrictions on reproductive rights could have an impact on a billion-dollar contributor to the economy -- the infertility industry.

We Believe in Health Care Reform

Jon O'Brien | Posted 05.25.2011

Jon O'Brien

When men and women have access to high-quality sexual and reproductive health care, our country is healthier and stronger.