infertile

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Tens of thousands of people, including infertile and same-sex couples, have had babies through the technological advances of in vitro fertilization and the willingness of surrogates to carry those children.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

Carrillo, 46, had been told by doctors years ago that she was infertile.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025

The treatment sent me into an early menopause and it was too late to freeze my eggs, so I was told it's almost certain I'm infertile.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2025

Carrying around little cups of sperm as political protest, to mock infertile people, is most likely a fake scandal, but not being able to have kids easily is rough.

From Slate • Aug. 23, 2024

Until that moment, Henrietta didn’t know that the treatments had left her infertile.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot