The response to the coronavirus outbreak has rightly been about protecting human life. As a nation, we have taken extraordinary steps to protect public health and save lives. However, there is a huge ...

Recently, the Department of Health and Human Services released a draft of its latest strategic plan, which will guide the agency from 2018 to 2022. Near the top of the document, the agency presents ...

After repeated, recent statements by U.S. President Joe Biden that he does not believe human life begins at the moment of conception, or characterizing such a belief as a matter of faith, scientists ...

Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services released a draft of its latest strategic plan, which will guide the agency from 2018 to 2022. Near the top of the document, the agency presents ...

UCLA graduate student Jeffrey Riffell and UCLA biology professor Richard Zimmer report the first experimental test on the role of small-scale physics as it influences the interactions between sperm ...

Elizabeth Dias is the national religion correspondent for The New York Times, and often writes about faith and politics. For this story, she spoke with scientists, philosophers and spiritual leaders ...

Re “When are the souls handed out?” Opinion, July 18 David Barash provides convincing scientific details that reveal there is no one moment of conception. Conception is a process. So maybe the ...

The majority of fertilized eggs die and are resorbed into the body. ZEISS Microscopy/Flickr, CC BY-SA As an evolutionary biologist whose career has focused on how embryos develop in a wide variety of ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Southern Baptists on Wednesday voted to oppose the use of in vitro fertilization while also affirming a belief that embryos kept in freezers are "human beings." Despite some internal ...

A study published this year in the Journal of Population Economics suggests climate change may result in lower rates of human conception. However, it’s not due to less sex, and it doesn’t necessarily ...