A decades-old Missouri law states life begins at conception, which some IVF patients worry puts the procedure at risk. Fertility lawyer Tim Schlesinger said court cases protect the in vitro ...

A pregnancy test detects the presence of the pregnancy hormone human chorionic gonadotropin, or hCG, in a person’s body. But the body doesn’t produce that hormone until several days after conception.

WASHINGTON — Earlier this year, Rep. Michelle Steel, a two-term Republican in a competitive district in Orange County, California, co-sponsored the Life a t Conception Act with 124 other GOP backers, ...

A pregnancy test detects the presence of the pregnancy hormone human chorionic gonadotropin, or hCG, in a person’s body. But the body doesn’t produce that hormone until several days after conception.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson refused to answer whether the willful termination of embryos during in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures is murder. John was asked to clarify his position in an ...

Conception can happen within minutes or up to five days after sex, depending on when you ovulate. Identifying your fertile window and when you ovulate can improve your chances of conceiving if you are ...

The following references illustrate the fact that a new human embryo, the starting point for a human life, comes into existence with the formation of the one-celled zygote: "Development of the embryo ...