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Kristia Rumbley holds the hand of her youngest child, born via IVF, in Birmingham, Alabama, on February 23, 2024.

Arkansas Pushes Non-Evidence-Based Fertility Treatments As Doctors Fight Back

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Fertility experts worry how laws like Arkansas's RESTORE Act could affect patients and access to in-vitro fertilization services

Bohdana Zhupanyna, a 30-year-old mother-to-be, stands inside her apartment that was damaged by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 23, 2025.

Reversing Ukraine's Population Loss After Four Years of War

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Ukraine is facing demographic erosion and devising plans to encourage refugee returns and the birth rate

China's Failing Bid to Reverse Population Decline

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China's policies to combat population decline have struggled to address gender inequality and the cost of living

China's Failing Bid to Reverse Population Decline

When Endometriosis Causes Mental Illness

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Despite endometriosis's links to psychiatric conditions, health systems fail to train doctors to spot these connections

When Endometriosis Causes Mental Illness

South Korea's Plan to Avoid Population Collapse

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Proposals include more flexible work schedules and better gender equality with education

South Korea's Plan to Avoid Population Collapse

Global Fertility Rate Continues To Fall: How Governments Could Prepare

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The global fertility rate will decline from now through 2100, according to new projections in The Lancet

Global Fertility Rate Continues To Fall: How Governments Could Prepare

Human Development is the Best Contraceptive—Why India Does Not Need a Two-Child Norm

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Key to harnessing potential of India is enhancing capabilities of young people and expanding freedoms of girls and women

A mother kisses her child as she walks past graffiti in Mumbai on March 27, 2014. The image is striking with a large, artistic image behind a woman who is walking and holding a child. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui