The Independent

The Independent

I tried to get pregnant for so long – but when it happened I only felt guilt

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/pregnancy-guilt-new-mother-ivf-b2414208.html

The Independent

Hormone treatment shows promise for couples with unexplained infertility – study

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/experts-queen-mary-university-lisbon-portugal-b2364142.html

The Independent

More companies help with fertility care, but it is still out of reach for many

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ivf-ap-centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention-people-mercer-b2339601.html

The Independent

Miscarriage certificate scheme to launch in Scotland as Nicola Sturgeon recalls grief at baby loss

Miscarriage certificate scheme to launch in Scotland as Sturgeon recalls grief at losing baby

Nicola Sturgeon has said her grief over her miscarriage will stay with her “forever”, as she announced a scheme that will allow women in Scotland to apply for certificates formally recognising their lost babies.

The Independent

Couple sues fertility clinic after giving birth to son with cancer gene

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/fertility-clinic-lawsuit-cancer-gene-b2292920.html

The Independent

Court orders mother to hand custody of son to sperm donor

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/sperm-donor-wins-custody-oklahoma-mother-b2284318.html

The Independent

Why was miscarriage care absent from the government’s landmark women’s health strategy?

Opinion: Why was miscarriage care absent from the landmark women’s health strategy?

Last month, the government published their long-awaited Women’s Health Strategy, heralding it as a “landmark strategy” to “right the wrongs” and “end the injustices” that are systemic in so many areas of women’s health. Ministers have thanked the thousands of women who have fed into the consultation, and credited the department for reflecting these voices in the strategy and their calls for change.

The Independent

Transgender people ‘denied chance to preserve fertility on the NHS’

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/ccgs-nhs-equality-and-human-rights-commission-england-scotland-b2055164.html

The Independent

Emma Barnett: IVF is painful and punishing enough without clinics pushing unproven treatments

Emma Barnett: IVF is painful and punishing enough without clinics pushing unproven treatments

There are many reasons I am deeply grateful to be alive now. Not least the status of women’s rights where I happen to live, and how lucky I feel to be a Jew now and not when my grandparents were coming of age in war-stricken Europe.