Couple fights and wins insurance battle over fertility treatments

SALTSBURG, Pa. — About 10% of men and women who try to have a baby are impacted by infertility, prompting many to seek treatments like in vitro fertilization. Those treatments can cost tens of thousands of dollars, but Action News Investigates has learned some...

Trans-inclusive fertility clinic to open in Pittsburgh within a year

A trans-inclusive fertility clinic is expected to open in Pittsburgh next year, offering sperm and egg donations, surrogacy services, in vitro fertilization, hormone therapy and more, aiming to address shortcomings in healthcare in Pittsburgh for the trans community....

Couple speaks out about embryo donation after fertility treatment

Fertility treatments can be a very emotional process filled with complex decisions, including what to do with extra embryos. It’s a dilemma Ryann and Richard Hendrickson had to face. The married couple’s effort to donate their extra embryos was first...

They had extra embryos. So they logged on to Facebook.

Ryann Hendrickson’s embryos appeared under a microscope like tiny rings of translucent bubbles, each about the width of a human hair. These were leftovers: fertilized eggs that Hendrickson had created with her husband’s sperm through in vitro fertilization. She no...