Fertility treatments can be a very emotional process filled with complex decisions, including what to do with extra embryos. It's a dilemma Ryann and Richard Hendrickson had to face. The married ...

Those undergoing IVF may have embryos they don't plan to use; here's what happens when those embryos are donated to others. (Image: Getty; designed by Quinn Lemmers) A ruling by the Alabama Supreme ...

Data from a national study on embryo donation found there were 21,000 donated frozen embryo transfers in the U.S. from 2004 to 2019. According to the World Health Organization, infertility affects one ...

Clare Kilcullen always wanted to be a mother, but when she went through early menopause in her 20s, she wasn't sure how that would happen. "[I thought] it would probably be an egg donor, but then in ...

Some people may consider donating embryos to researchers in light of Alabama’s I.V.F. ruling and in advance of other state actions. Would it be considered a charitable gift? By Ron Lieber The Alabama ...

The UK is seen as a global leader in regulating reproductive technologies. Some worry that onerous paperwork is causing embryos to be wasted. This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology ...

'I knew in my heart that discarding them was just not an option.' Fertility treatments can be a very emotional process filled with complex decisions, including what to do with extra embryos. It's a ...