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Assisted Reproductive Technology

Senate Bill 115 is Necessary to Protect Children and Fathers

Fred Silberberg | Posted 04.12.2013 | Politics
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Fred Silberberg

The Uniform Parentage Act governs the determination of parentage of children who are born of parents that are not married.

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Egg Freezing Gets New Stamp Of Approval

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 12.19.2012 | Women
Read More: Egg Freezing Experimental, Maybe Baby, Should I Freeze My Eggs, American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Egg Freezing, Infertility, Infertility Treatment, Assisted Reproductive Technology, Fertility Treatment, Women News

WASHINGTON — Freezing human eggs can be successful in treating infertility – but guidelines issued Friday still urge caution for women hop...

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Senate Approves Coverage Of IVF And Other Fertility Treatment For Veterans

AP | ERIC TUCKER | Posted 09.13.2012 | Women
Read More: Infertility, Military Women, Veterans Infertility, Ivf, Women in the Military, Military Infertility, Assisted Reproductive Technology, Veterans, Fertility Treatment, Military Marriages, Women News

WASHINGTON -- A Senate commitee on Wednesday approved legislation that expands access to infertility treatment for seriously injured veterans. The bi...

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Is Surrogacy on Its Way to Becoming 'The New Normal'?

Fred Silberberg | Posted 08.20.2012 | Parents
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Fred Silberberg

Understanding surrogacy's legal structure and its step-by-step process can help make the process more manageable and allow parents-to-be to realize the joy which surrogacy can bring.

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Sperm Semantics

Randi Hutter Epstein, MD, MPH | Posted 04.29.2012 | Women
Read More: Reproductive Health, Sperm Donors, Sperm Donor, Sperm, Assisted Reproductive Technology, Sperm Donation, Women News
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.

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5 Tips For People Of Faith Considering Reproductive Technology

Ellen Painter Dollar | Posted 04.15.2012 | Religion
Read More: Religion and Sexuality, Gender and Religion, Infertility, Artificial Insemination, In Vitro Fertilization, Pregnancy, Fertility, Assisted Reproductive Technology, Religion News
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.

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Longing For Life

Tamara McClintock Greenberg | Posted 12.04.2011 | Fifty
Read More: Assisted-Reproductive-Technology, Women's Rights, Aging, Child Birth, Children, Women's Health, Advanced Medical Technology, Women's Health Issues, Fertility, Child Rearing, Fertility Treatments, Illness, Medical Technology, Fifty News
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.

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What's The Perfect Age To Be A Mother?

Janice Van Dyck | Posted 12.04.2011 | Women
Read More: Women, Puberty, Single Mothers, Infertility, Children, Working Mothers, Teen Pregnancy, Pregnancy, Motherhood, Fertility, Modern Family, Mothers, Assisted Reproductive Technology, Family, Teen Moms, Women News
Janice Van Dyck

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

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Children Who Glow? A Jewish Law Perspective On Reproductive Ethics

Mary J. Loftus | Posted 11.24.2011 | Religion
Read More: Chimerism, Artificial Insemination, Xenotransplant, Jewish Law, Jewish Thought, Human Artificial Chromosome, Bioethics, Surrogates, Assisted Reproductive Technology, Cloning, Emory University, Genetic Engineering, Ethics, Religion and Science, Judaism, Religion News
Mary J. Loftus

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

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Katherine Bindley

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Katherine Bindley | Posted 11.20.2011 | Women
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What really goes on behind the closed doors of sperm banks and other institutions that broker the exchange of reproductive materials for money? Tha...

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Secrets of Fertility

Dr. Maoshing Ni | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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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.

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Proposed Restrictions on Reproductive Rights Threaten Economic Growth

Nazca Fontes | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: U.S. Economy, Infertility, Reproductive Tourism, Ivf, Reproductive Rights, Assisted Reproductive Technology, Assisted-Reproduction, Politics News
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.

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We Believe in Health Care Reform

Jon O'Brien | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: HIV/AIDS, Abortion, Catholics for Choice, Catholic, Healthcare Reform, Pro-Choice, Healthcare, Assisted Reproductive Technology, Politics News
Jon O'Brien

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

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