Economy & Cost of Fertility Treatment Complicate Family Planning

They want a baby, but the economy won’t play along.  An interesting article in the Wall Street Journal about how the economy and cost of fertility treatment is making it hard for infertile couples to have a family. They follow one couple’s dilemma of trying to afford fertility treatment in this slow economic recovery. “The nation’s fertility rate hit a historic low — 62.9 births per 1,000 women ages 15 to 44, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Some of that decline comes from a long-term shift toward smaller families. But finances also play a pivotal role.”