IVF – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

13 May

ARC Fertility Wins 2025 MedTech Breakthrough Award for Best Reproductive Health Technology Solution

CoreyLatest NewsFertility, IVF, Reproductive rights, reproductive technology, United States

ARC Fertility (ARC), a highly experienced national provider of innovative fertility and family-forming benefits for employers and their employees, has been named the winner of the 2025 MedTech Breakthrough Award for “Best Reproductive Health Technology Solution.” The award recognizes ARC’s commitment to delivering innovative, inclusive and tech-enabled fertility care that improves outcomes and expands access for all.

07 May

The Push to Grant Fetuses and Embryos Legal Rights Is Threatening IVF Treatment

MauraLatest NewsHealthcare, IVF, Reproductive rights, United States

In the new book Personhood, historian and law professor Mary Ziegler explores how the push to grant embryos and fetuses full legal rights is reshaping U.S. reproductive health care, research and policy

29 Apr

Spooked by Alabama ‘embryonic personhood’ ruling, Pa. lawmakers aim to expand and protect IVF access

RandyLatest NewsHealthcare, IVF, Pennsylvania, Reproductive rights, United States

Several Pennsylvania lawmakers who have personally faced challenges conceiving children are pushing to require health insurers to cover fertility services, and to also enshrine the right to the care in state law.

27 Apr

Louisiana ponders IVF protections that anti-abortion groups oppose

CoreyLatest NewsAnti-abortion, Healthcare, IVF, Louisiana, Reproductive rights

A Louisiana lawmaker says he wants to avoid the scenario that unfolded last year in Alabama, where clinics offering in vitro fertilization closed their doors rather than risk legal liability based on a new interpretation of a 19th century law. The matter has pitted some conservative Republicans, who normally take the same side on reproductive health issues, against one another. It also provides a glimpse into the national debate over IVF, which proponents fear could be threatened under Trump administration policy.

26 Apr

Rep. Karen Camper talks ‘Fertility Treatment & Contraceptive Protection Act’

PatLatest NewsAccess, Contraception, IVF, Tennesee, United States

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17 Apr

Seasonal air pollution found to undermine IVF success

RandyLatest NewsAir Pollution, IVF, Reproductive rights, Scientific Research, United States

A recent study published in BMC Public Health explores the impact of seasonal fluctuations in fine particulate matter (PM) with a diameter of 2.5 µm or less (PM2.5) pollution on the outcomes of assisted reproductive technology (ART).

03 Apr

Trump unveils new tariffs and CDC’s IVF team is eliminated

AlanLatest NewsGOP, IVF, Reproductive rights, United States

Public health experts and IVF advocates said they are shocked at the elimination of the CDC's Assisted Reproductive Technology Surveillance team — a group of six epidemiologists, data analysts and researchers that tracked how well in vitro fertilization worked across the U.S. Their layoffs were part of the sweeping cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services and come just a week after President Donald Trump declared himself "the fertilization president" while touting efforts to expand IVF.

25 Mar

Reproductive rights bills in Nevada Legislature tackle IVF, contraceptives, provider protections

PatLatest NewsContraception, Democrats, IVF, legislation, Reproductive rights, United States

Democrats in the Nevada State Legislature two years ago sponsored the Right to Reproductive Health Care Act, a broad bill that covered myriad reproductive health services, including pregnancy care, contraception and sterilization, and treatments for miscarriage and infertility.

19 Mar

IVF Bill Causes Tension in Tennesee House

MauraLatest NewsContraception, IVF, Reproductive rights, Tennesee

Contraception protections tabled, physicians denied testimony in final Public Health Committee meeting

16 Mar

Australian Government Subsidizes Key Medications To Boost Women’s Health

ChaseLatest NewsContraception, International, IVF, Women's Health

The Australian government is set to make significant changes to women’s health care by adding popular medications to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). Starting May 1, 2025, three major medications will be subsidized, providing financial relief to thousands of women facing high costs for contraceptive, endometriosis, and IVF treatments.

23 Feb

An uptick in state personhood bills fuels growing fears over IVF restrictions

CoreyLatest NewsFetal Personhood Bills, GOP, Healthcare, IVF, United States

In the wake of the Alabama Supreme Court's IVF ruling, reproductive rights groups are sounding the alarm over personhood legislation in 14 states.

05 Feb

Reproductive health clinics see rise in women freezing eggs

AlanLatest NewsFertilization, Iowa, IVF

Since 2012 fertility clinics have seen a nearly 400% increase in women freezing their embryos.

24 Jan

The CDC Won’t Give the Public a Full Picture of Fertility Treatment Risks

AlanLatest NewsHealthcare, IVF, Reporting, Reproductive rights, United States

Egg donation comes with health risks. Women are unable to learn which clinics have the fewest adverse outcomes.

12 Dec

Jewish Fertility Foundation advocates for reproductive rights

PatLatest NewsGeorgia, Healthcare, IVF, Jews, Reproductive rights, United States

Approaching a decade of supporting those experiencing infertility, the Jewish Fertility Foundation (JFF) is planning a celebration gala on Jan. 14 at The Stave Room. Elizabeth Carr, the first IVF baby born in the United States, is the guest speaker.

06 Oct

The Activists Working to Abolish IVF

BarbraLatest NewsHealthcare, IVF, Reproductive rights, United States

In the last few years, more than a dozen states have enacted laws that ban almost all abortions. Some include exceptions for rape, incest, and to protect the life of the mother. But a small, vocal group of anti-abortion activists say even these exceptions are morally wrong. They want to see a ban not only on all abortions but also on some fertility treatments, including IVF. They believe an embryo deserves the same rights as any human.