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☆ The dark side of DINKs: People who want kids but can't afford them
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-16 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Some DINKs are using their higher net worth to retire early, travel, and afford luxury items. But there's an even darker side to DINKs: The slice that forgoes kids not by choice but out of necessity. It's difficult to parse out the exact number of Americans who might want kids but can't have them. We know that the childfree group — people who don't want kids — might be about 20% of the US adult population. It's contributing to a whole population of DINKs who can't afford to shed the moniker.

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers facing public pressure to restart in vitro fertilization services in the state advanced legislation to shield providers from the fallout of a court ruling that equated frozen embryos to children. Committees in the state Senate and House on Tuesday approved identical bills that would protect providers from lawsuits and criminal prosecution for the “damage or death of an embryo” during IVF services. The state's three major IVF providers paused services after the Alabama Supreme Court's ruling last month because of the sweeping liability concerns it raised. The court decision received immediate backlash as groups across the country raised concerns about a ruling recognizing embryos as children. The American Society for Reproductive Medicine, a group representing IVF providers across the country, said the legislation does not go far enough.

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Alabama lawmakers are moving fast to approve measures this week to protect in vitro fertilization clinics from lawsuits in response to an uproar sparked by last month's state Supreme Court ruling that found frozen embryos have the rights of children under the state’s wrongful death law. Either of the two bills would give legal protection for fertility clinics, at least three of which paused IVF treatments after the court ruling to assess their new liability risks. Here are things to know about the bills and the process of turning one of them into law. One lawmaker wanted to amend the House bill to prohibit clinics from intentionally discarding embryos, but that was rejected. Lawmakers are expected to give final approval to one — or maybe both — on Wednesday and send legislation to Gov.

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The near-absence of laws criminalizing the practice of fertility fraud until recently means no doctors have yet been criminally charged for the behavior. In 2019, Indiana became the second state, more than 20 years after California, to pass a statute making fertility fraud a felony. He added some of his biological children have “expressed gratitude for their existence” to him and even sent him photos of their own children. Cline’s case spurred lawmakers to pass legislation that outlawed fertility fraud but wasn’t retroactive, meaning he was never prosecuted for it. “In fertility fraud, no parent is saying that – no parent is saying I would have gotten an abortion,” she said.

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☆ Women are turning to Facebook for a DIY approach to getting pregnant
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Some women have turned to Facebook groups to connect with free sperm donors and skirt sperm banks. But after 10 vials of donor sperm, she was out $10,000 and still didn't have a child. Gordy is a serial sperm donor — he says his donations have produced 70 children to date. Kristina GrahamShe's since worked with two free sperm donors at different times, both of whom she met on Facebook. Women may have to weed through some creeps when looking for a sperm donor on Facebook.

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☆ BTIG says this niche stock 'delivering the joy of parenthood' set for a 30% gain
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

As more Americans try to grow their families through fertility treatments, Progyny will be a big beneficiary, according to BTIG. The Wall Street firm initiated coverage of the stock with a buy rating on Monday, noting that the benefits management company is "delivering the joy of parenthood" with its superior outcomes. Progyny partners with companies to provide fertility and family-building benefits for employees. "With a tight labor market, companies are more consistently seeking to work with Progyny in order to be able to attract and retain high-quality talent," Larsen said. There are smaller fast-growing companies entering the space that serve more niche areas relating to fertility," Larsen wrote.

☆ The Mysteries of Ovulation Pain
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Alisha Haridasani Gupta | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

That sensation is most likely pain associated with ovulation, or, as it’s known in the medical world, mittelschmerz (the German term for “middle pain”). It’s difficult to pin down just how prevalent ovulation pain is because, in most cases, it’s so mild that women don’t report it, said Dr. Jenna Turocy, an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Columbia University. “And very little of the research has to do with the day-to-day experience.” It’s still unclear, for example, why some women don’t experience pain with ovulation at all. “Every ovulation is essentially a ruptured cyst,” Dr. Ginsburg said. Ultrasounds have shown that ovulation coincides with a small explosion of fluid and sometimes blood on the surface of the ovary, Dr. Ginsburg said.

“Embryo adoption is not a legal ‘adoption’ at all, at least in the sense of a traditional adoption which occurs after birth,” the National Embryo Donation Center says. Risks of multiplesSoutheastern Fertility, which partners with National Embryo Donation Center, thawed the embryos February 28. There’s about an 80% survival rate when thawing frozen embryos, experts say. I have to have them all.”Philip and Rachel Ridgeway had twins born from embryos that were frozen for about 30 years. Studies have found that 25% to 40% of frozen embryo transfers result in a live birth.

☆ It's 'early innings' in the fertility market. Here's how to play the booming business with under-the-radar names
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +13 min

The multibillion dollar global fertility market is ripe with opportunity. For investors thinking about the fertility market, pharma firms may come to mind. In fact, the number of employers looking at fertility benefits as a "must have" has skyrocketed, she said. The global market size for fertility within the private women's health market should reach $72 billion by 2027, a report by FemTech Focus and Coyote Ventures found. Just like there were a wave of fintech companies going public, she expects fertility companies to eventually follow suit.

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