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

On Wednesday, both Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Tennessee Solicitor General Matthew Rice suggested that gender-affirming hormone treatment renders infertile people who are assigned female at birth.

From Slate • Dec. 6, 2024

A hysterectomy would leave Emily infertile and prompt the menopause, which in turn could increase her risk of osteoporosis, heart disease and dementia.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2024

Vance wouldn't even apologize to the unhappily infertile.

From Salon • Aug. 5, 2024

In fact, pretty soon all the females became infertile, the billys impotent, and Timoteo’s huge flock dwindled away to nothing—all because Cleofes Apoda- ca’s evil eye had caused the hermaphrodite to be born.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols