Reproductive Ethics

A card with six penciled circles, an invoice with four small boxes, and the consent line a fertility patient finds on page fourteen, years later.

AI now shapes IVF and prenatal screening decisions. What opaque algorithms mean for bias, privacy, and consent, and the questions to ask your clinic.

IVF sticker prices hide medication bills, lab fees, and lifetime insurance caps. Where the money actually goes and the financing options worth checking.

Prenatal genetic screening now carries mortgage-sized follow-up bills and hard ethical calls. How NIPT costs, coverage gaps, and guidelines really work.

Egg freezing costs $10,000 to $15,000 per cycle before storage fees, and each frozen egg carries slim odds. The economics and ethics, laid out honestly.

A low egg-count score rarely predicts your chance of conceiving naturally, per a JAMA study. What ovarian reserve tests can and cannot tell you before you pay.

Embryo glue, assisted hatching, endometrial scratching: most IVF add-ons lack proof they raise live birth rates. How to check the evidence before paying.

Egg freezing is sold as insurance, but it is a five-figure subscription with single-digit odds per egg. The costs, risks, and contract traps to weigh first.

Clinics now rank embryos by disease risk scores the ACMG says are not ready for clinical use. The statistics, the price wall, and the ethics of buying odds.