Infertility affects approximately 1.5 million women in the U.S., yet many suffer quietly, afraid to discuss their pain out loud. Struggles to get pregnant often cause anger, jealousy, confusion and loneliness — all emotions that are hard to manage alone. Some women who are hesitant to voice their concerns aloud share their true confessions on the secret-sharing app Whisper, a cheaper-than-therapy (free!) outlet for brutal honesty.
Month: July 2015
A BC Alum’s New Site Links LGBT Couples With Egg Donors, Sperm Donors & Surrogates
Today, there are no shortage of options when it comes to starting a family without traditional conception. But that doesn’t mean it’s an easy road. For LGBT couples or those with reproductive challenges, finding egg donors, sperm donors or viable surrogates is a long and complicated process. Bird Meets Bee, a new tech resource built by a Boston College alum, seeks to simplify things by basically serving as a dating site for fertility.
Mom, 3 Surrogates Come Together for Baby Shower
Sarah Levine and Eric Landot’s very long path to parenthood took them overseas and involved a very large team that became a very tight-knit, extended family.
The GOP’s War on Birth Control
For 45 years, the federal government has subsidized contraception for poor and uninsured women, quietly preventing millions of abortions and unintended pregnancies.
Calif., Ore. Allow Women to Get Birth Control Without a Prescription
California and Oregon will be the first states in the nation to allow women to get birth control pills and other hormonal contraceptives directly from their pharmacists – without a doctor’s prescription.
Obama Administration Releases Final Contraception Mandate Rule
The Obama administration finalized new regulations Friday allowing some for-profit businesses to opt out of the Affordable Care Act’s contraception mandate, but it might not mean the end for the lawsuits percolating in courts nationwide over the controversial requirement.
Battle Over S.F. Couple’s Frozen Embryos Heads to Court
on Friday, June 26, 2015. Just days before her wedding in 2010, Lee was diagnosed with breast cancer so she and her new husband agreed to in vitro fertilization and freeze several embryos. After she finished her cancer treatments, her husband told her he wanted a divorce and has since refused to give Lee consent to use the frozen embryos for her last chance to have a biological child and instead, wants the embryos destroyed.
Battle Over S.F. Couple’s Frozen Embryos Heads to Court
on Friday, June 26, 2015. Just days before her wedding in 2010, Lee was diagnosed with breast cancer so she and her new husband agreed to in vitro fertilization and freeze several embryos. After she finished her cancer treatments, her husband told her he wanted a divorce and has since refused to give Lee consent to use the frozen embryos for her last chance to have a biological child and instead, wants the embryos destroyed.
Polish Senate Approves New Law on In Vitro Fertilization
Poland’s Senate approved a government bill that provides coherent regulations for in vitro fertilization and makes the procedure also available to unwed couples, part of a larger effort to promote more births in the aging nation.
Polish Senate Approves New Law on In Vitro Fertilization
Poland’s Senate approved a government bill that provides coherent regulations for in vitro fertilization and makes the procedure also available to unwed couples, part of a larger effort to promote more births in the aging nation.