Biden Nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court Seat
WASHINGTON — Reproductive rights groups hailed President Biden’s nomination of appeals court judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on Friday to replace retiring Supreme Court justice Stephen Breyer, while abortion opponents said Jackson would “trample the Constitution.” The White House announced the nomination in a press release Friday morning. “Currently a judge on U.S. Court of Appeals […]
Fertility and Fatherhood: Don’t Wait Too Long
Increasing paternal age reduced the chance of achieving live birth following assisted reproductive technology (ART), according to a retrospective study. After adjusting for maternal age, the probability of a successful live birth through in vitro fertilization (IVF) or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) decreased with paternal age over 50 versus age ≤35 (OR 0.674, 95% CI […]
IVF Babies at No Increased Risk of Childhood Cancers
Children conceived via assisted reproductive technology (ART) were not at increased risk of developing cancer later on, according to results of a prospective study. Compared with kids born to subfertile mothers who did not use ART, those conceived via ART methods — such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) — did not have a higher risk […]