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Doctors say high stress, heat and harsh living conditions may be the cause of low sperm counts in men returning from the GulfOn a cluster of metal benches outside the infertility unit at Paropakar Maternity and Women’s hospital in Kathmandu, a dozen ma…
Read MoreXu Zaozao’s case is widely followed in a country where women’s rights have become increasingly prominentA single Chinese woman has begun an appeal in her legal battle for the right to freeze her eggs, a procedure only available in China to married coup…
Read MoreMeasures include improved maternal healthcare and efforts to reduce abortions as China seeks to reverse declining population growthThe Chinese government has pledged to improve pre- and post-natal services to encourage more people to have children and …
Read MoreHindu nationalist fears of demographic erasure by Muslims have been stoked by supremacists for years. But new official data reveals a very different storyYati Narsinghanand had a stark warning for India’s one billion Hindus: produce more children or pr…
Read MoreIt comes as data shows pandemic influencing birthrates in different ways around worldCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSingapore plans to offer a one-off payment to encourage couples to have a baby during the coronavirus pande…
Read MoreTeresa Xu says doctor told her to hurry up and get married before having childrenAt the end of last year, Teresa Xu visited a hospital in Beijing to discuss options for freezing her eggs. The doctor said she could not help Xu, a single woman, because i…
Read MoreA 73-year-old woman in southern India who has given birth to healthy twin girls may be the oldest woman to conceive. Mangayamma Yaramati started the menopause 25 years ago and so an egg was taken from a donor and fertilised with her 82-year-o…
Read MoreMangayamma Yaramati and babies in good health, say doctors in Andhra PradeshA 73-year-old woman in southern India who has given birth to healthy twin girls described motherhood as “the happiest time of my life”.The babies were delivered through caesare…
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