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Infertility primarily refers to the biological inability of a man or a woman to contribute to conception. Infertility may also refer to the state of a woman who is unable to carry a pregnancy to full term. There are many biological causes of infertility, some which may be bypassed with medical intervention. [1]
Women who are fertile experience a natural period of fertility before and during ovulation, and they are naturally infertile during the rest of the menstrual cycle. Fertility awareness methods are used to discern when these changes occur by tracking changes in cervical mucus or basal body temperature.
Reconciling religion and infertility
Medill Reports: "Yet the advent of increasing fertility options raises moral concerns that vary widely by religion, said researchers and theologians at the second annual Oncoferility Summit that the consortium hosted last week in Evanston...
?The Pill causes male infertility, says the Vatican?
The contraceptive Pill is polluting the environment and is a major cause of male infertility in the West, the Vatican has said.
Two Widely Used Infertility Treatments Fail in Study
The New York Times reports on a new study that calls into question the use of two common infertility treatments for couples who have unexplained problems having children...
Infertility Treatments Protected, 7th Circuit Rules
Good news for women seeking infertility treatments: Last month, a three-judge panel for the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals found women who need time off work for infertility treatments (an unpredictable and time-consuming process) may invoke the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 as potential protection against adverse action from employers...
Women Battling Infertility Find a Friend in the Court
The Wall Street Journal reports that a federal appeals court in Chicago held that women who need time off work for infertility treatment may invoke the Pregnancy Discrimination Act as potential protection against adverse action...
Seventh Circuit Holds that Termination for Infertility Treatment Is Sex Discrimination
The Seventh Circuit an opinion released last week in Hall v. Nalco Co., in what seems to be a case of first impression at the circuit level, held that terminating a women for the time she took to undergo fertility...
















