MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Pa. (CBS) – In vitro fertilization, or IVF, is another flashpoint in the fight over abortion in this presidential election cycle. "It was by sheer coincidence that I was asked to ...

During IVF, eggs are collected from a woman’s ovaries and fertilized by sperm in a lab. The fertilized eggs, known as embryos ...

Removing the hopeful option of in vitro fertilization from a generation of couples for whom fertility treatments have become standard practice is political suicide — and Republicans know it. Yet as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Here, a Petri dish with fertilized eggs is placed in an incubator at a European fertility centre. Jens Kalaene/dpa Montpellier, ...

Earlier this summer, the Southern Baptist Convention voted to formally oppose IVF. A day later, the Right to IVF Act, a piece of federal legislation that would codify a statutory right to IVF, as well ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A doctor prepares embryo cultivation plates in a fertility laboratory. (Getty Creative) (Carlos Duarte via Getty Images) On ...

IVF advocates have planned a large gathering at the state Capitol this week. More than a week after the Alabama Supreme Court upended in vitro fertilization access in the state with its ruling that ...

IVF is a type of assisted reproductive technology that involves combining eggs and sperm outside the body in a laboratory setting. This complex medical procedure can seem overwhelming, but when broken ...

When the Alabama Supreme Court ruled Feb. 16 that embryos that were destroyed without the parents' permission should be considered unborn children, Austin fertility doctors started getting calls from ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Southern Baptists on Wednesday condemned the use of in vitro fertilization in a proclamation that will add to the intense debates over reproductive rights raging across the U.S.

Alabama lawmakers, reacting to public outcry over the state Supreme Court's decision that embryos created by in vitro fertilization are legally the same as children, passed a law on March 7 designed ...