Infertility – Page 2

Major Embryo Shipping Company Halts Business in Alabama

The decision means I.V.F. patients who want to transfer frozen embryos to another state may not be able to do so.

By Sarah Kliff

Decisions and Verdicts Embryos (Human) In Vitro Fertilization Infertility Law and Legislation Pregnancy and Childbirth Regulation and Deregulation of Industry Reproduction (Biological) Suits and Litigation (Civil) Supreme Courts (State)

Fertility Clinic Errors Collide With a Redefinition of ‘Personhood’

The clinics are routinely sued by patients for errors that destroy embryos, as happened in Alabama. An effort to define them legally as “unborn children” has raised the stakes.

By Azeen Ghorayshi and Sarah Kliff

Decisions and Verdicts Embryos (Human) In Vitro Fertilization Infertility Law and Legislation Regulation and Deregulation of Industry State Legislatures States (US) Suits and Litigation (Civil) Supreme Courts (State)

Alabama Says Embryos in a Lab Are Children. What Are the Implications?

A ruling by the state’s Supreme Court could change common practices at fertility clinics in the state and possibly nationwide.

By Jan Hoffman

Egg Donation and Freezing Infertility Travel and Vacations Women and Girls

To Freeze Their Eggs, Some Women Travel for a Better Deal and a Vacation

Faced with the high cost of egg-freezing in their home countries, some women are going abroad for a better deal, and a vacation.

By Alyson Krueger

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