Fertility Treatments

Following scandals:

Health Ministry overhauls sperm donation rules

New Health Ministry guidelines aim to increase pool of sperm donors, reduce risk of genetic illnesses among offspring. The Ministry is now inviting the public to comment.

Torah Mitzion: Parashat Vayera

The old couple

The use of egg donors raises many halakhic and ethical questions.

Health Ministry warns: Cancer risk from sperm donor mutation

Israel’s Health Ministry advising genetic testing for those conceived via sperm donations in central Israel from 1974 to 1985, after discovering donor carried a Lynch syndrome mutation linked to elevated cancer risk.

In Vitro Fertilization:

Israeli researchers discover way to make IVF more effective

Hebrew University, Kaplan Hospital team find simple method for significantly increasing the success rate of in vitro fertilization.

Jewish couples doing IVF uncertain about future after Roe's fall

Groups launched to help Jewish couples undergoing IVF face uncertain landscape after Roe reversal.

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed:

Understanding the 'Heter' of Rabbi Moshe Feinstein

Even after his wife begged him to rescind his halakhic permit of artificial insemination due to the zealots he cared more for barren women.

New study shows IVF less effective after coronavirus

New research by Sheba Medical Center shows significant drop in quality of embryos obtained after one partner contracts coronavirus.

Israeli women having more babies, but fewer twins

Fertility treatments for younger women more successful, rates of twin, triplet pregnancies dropping.

Terrorists father children with smuggled sperm

Report finds dozens of children conceived with sperm smuggled from terrorists imprisoned in Israel.

Children from fertility treatments at risk for juvenile cancers

Ben Gurion University, Soroka researchers reveal that children born from fertility and IVF treatments at greater risk for juvenile cancers.

'I started to help other women, and even saw babies from it'

Author Galit Friedman opens up about how her book was born and how she became a coach, says new book can help 'every woman, no matter what.'

To life! Lechayim!

Feature

Is laughter the cure to infertility?

Using humor and laughter to achieve a better medical outcome with IVF patients, medical clowns set out to turn the tide of infertility.

The Pain of Childlessness

Comfort for Childless Couples

Law for Women Trying to Conceive Passes Second, Third Readings

Women who are struggling to have children cannot be fired from work while undergoing treatment, even if they switch jobs.

Fertility News: Boost to IVF, Egg Donation, Thai Surrogacy Out

IVF treatment to be provided faster, but limited for over-42s. Foreign Ministry warns against Thai surrogacy.

Stats Show Use of In-Vitro on the Rise

Statistics gathered over the past decade show that the use of in-vitro fertilization is on the rise in Israel.