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As threat to IVF looms in Alabama, patients over 35 or with serious diseases worry for their futures

An estimated 1 in 6 people are affected by infertility worldwide. In the U.S., women increasingly delay motherhood even though fertility gradually declines after age 30, particularly after 35. That raises the need for treatments like IVF. Women 35 to 44 are more than twice as likely as younger women to say they've used fertility services, according to a 2023 Pew Research Center survey.