infertility

The American Fertility Association is addressing special issues confronting LGBT parent hopefuls. In a unique move to provide fertility and family-building information to lesbian and gay prospective parents in the San Francisco Bay Area, the AFA is presenting the West Coast Family Matters conference February 10th.

Just as a particularly bad strain of chlamydia appears to be slowly spreading among gay and bisexual men, researchers in Britain are finding that the STD can make men infertile by damaging the quality of their sperm.

When the Dixie Chicks were abandoned by some in 2003 for Natalie Maines' comment about Bush's decision to start a war - one group remained particularly faithful fans of the trio.

The Human Rights Campaign recommends women consider the following five factors when exploring the option of insemination:

1. Age. A woman's ability to become pregnant declines and risk of an early miscarriage or Down's syndrome increases.

Specifically:

• The risk of infertility rises dramatically as women reach their mid-30s.
• The risk of early miscarriage rises significantly with age, with the average 40-year-old facing a one in two chance; and