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Maker of ‘Natural’ Cervical Cap Tool for Infertility Gets $6M

Conceiving a child can be challenging for one in six couples – leading to a boom in infertility treatments. Pennsylvania startup Rinovum Women’s Health has developed a “natural” stopgap to this option – and is marketing an over-the-counter device meant to help women optimize their chances of conceiving without physician intervention.

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Why I Had an Abortion After Struggling With Infertility for Years

Minnesota lawyer Hannah Stein had her first abortion at 22 and went on to conceive four more children, three of them through in vitro fertilization (IVF). Yet when faced with an unplanned, unwanted pregnancy after years of infertility, Stein didn’t hesitate to terminate. Stein spoke to Cosmopolitan.com about how struggling with infertility didn’t sway her in her inherent belief that a person should be able to choose if she wants to end a pregnancy.

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I’m an Unintended Consequence… I’m an Infertility Advocate

Since its inception, more than five million babies worldwide have been born as a result of IVF. And currently, one percent of all U.S. babies are born as a result of IVF each year. Despite its utilization over the past 34 years and the advancements in the science behind the procedure, the politics and “social acceptance” of undergoing IVF have not changed much at all. Infertility is a disease; the reasons for using IVF, and even getting access to it, are misunderstood and often impacted by the policies of the pro-life movement.

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Understanding Your Fertility Health

For some, those years spent putting off having a child can lead to struggles conceiving later. Approximately 85% of people have no trouble getting pregnant after a short period of time.  In fact, approximately 50% percent will be pregnant after 3 months, and 75% of couples will be pregnant after 6 months. But what if you are in that remaining 15%? One in eight couples struggles with infertility.