infertile
Example Sentences
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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
Sperm donation allows women to become mothers when it might not otherwise be possible - if their partner is infertile, they're in a same-sex relationship, or parenting solo.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025
Carrillo, 46, had been told by doctors years ago that she was infertile.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 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
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