If you only subscribe to The AFA's blog, you are not getting the whole story.  Did you know that The AFA's monthly e-newsletter, Connect, features articles, videos, recipes and other family-building content you won't find anywhere else?  Upcoming issues will include articles on ...

By Andy Igrejas, Campaign Director for Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families Wednesday’s successful Senate vote on the Safe Chemicals Act was an important milestone by any measure. It was the first vote on a comprehensive overhaul of our chemical safety system in 36 years. It means ...

NEW YORK, July 19, 2012 — The American Fertility Association (The AFA) announced today the initiation of a program designed to reach men living with HIV who want to create a family. The good news is that these men, with proper treatment, can safely have biological children of their own. The ...

Mary Ramie Hinckley, M.D. of Reproductive Science Center for San Francisco, discusses the many ways hormones and insulin resistance can be controlled for women with polycystic ovarian syndrome. This "How-To" video was made possible by an educational grant from Attain Fertility Ce...

  Dawn Smith-Pliner Talks to Carolyn Berger   Carolyn:  Can you give me a definition of “open adoption”?  It seems to mean different things to different people.   Dawn:  Open adoption is an adoption in which there is a relationship between the ...

  Did you hear that the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation stopped funding breast cancer screenings at Planned Parenthood health centers because of pressure from anti-choice groups? It's completely outrageous, and we've had enough. We're not going to stop supporting Planned ...

The Ins and Outs of Egg Donation   Preparing to parent with a child conceived by egg donation involves many decisions. Often, the complexity of these choices are overlooked or down played by many recipients (and helping professionals) in the rush to have a baby. Many want to ...

The American Fertility Association thanks everyone who made possible the work of The AFA in 2011.  We couldn't have done it without you.  Happy Holidays and Best Wishes for a healthy and prosperous New Year. ...