Chicago Tribune, Aug 2, 2012 A growing number of U.S. women appear to be opting for intrauterine devices (IUDs) as their birth control method, with the number more than doubling in just two years in one study. Researchers, whose findings were published in the journal Fertility & Sterility, said this is good news, since IUDs and contraceptive implants are the most effective forms of reversible birth control. When IUDs first came out, there were concerns - later disproved - that they might raise the risk of pelvic infection and jeopardize women's future fertility.
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Chicago Tribune, July 30, 2012 Dr. Anthony Caruso, A Chicago reproductive endocrinologist and doctor at Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove Village, has proposed opening the St. Anne Center for Reproductive Health. The center would be one of a handful of clinics in the United States that helps couples struggling to have children within the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services. It would not offer in vitro fertilization (IVF), artificial insemination or certain medicines often prescribed as a course of treatment.
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Naperville Sun, July 24, 2012 Walgreens is meeting that need in the western suburbs by offering fertility pharmacy services at its location at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield. The CDH Walgreens was designated a Fertility Center of Excellence in June, making it one of only seven Walgreens in the country that stocks fertility medication and features staff specially trained in fertility treatment. The only other pharmacy like it in Illinois is at Northwestern Hospital.
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FertilityAuthority, Mar 23, 2013 A company that provides infertility management programs for employers and insurers has recently announced a new discount program for self-pay fertility patients: the WINFertilitySM Quality Discount Treatment Program.
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Chicago Tribune, April 5, 2012 The moral and religious debate over IVF is bubbling up in the Chicago area as activists, many of them members of a Naperville Catholic parish, criticize a fertility clinic planned for their town. The Rev. Thomas Milota of Ss. Peter and Paul, located two blocks from the proposed clinic site, says it is a matter of defending human dignity.
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Naperville Sun, Mar 31, 2012 The plan for a fertility clinic for downtown Naperville will makes its second appearance before the City Council Tuesday night. Dr. Randy Morris, the physician proposing the facility at Benton Avenue and Washington Street, is a Naperville resident and an established figure in the city, credited with helping many area couples who have had problems conceiving a child. Morris’ attorney Bernard Citron stressed that the clinic was a permitted use under city code. The petitioner, Medical Properties, LLC, proposes a combined in vitro fertilization/surgery center at the site.
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Chicago Sun-times, Mar 29, 2012 Naperville Mayor George Pradel said Wednesday that a proposal to locate a fertility clinic in his suburb’s downtown should be treated as a zoning matter, nothing more.
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Daily Herald, Mar 27, 2012 Dr. Randy Morris is typically welcomed with open arms, especially by couples attempting to conceive a child. So the licensed physician, specializing in reproductive endocrinology and infertility, was taken aback by recent opposition to his plans to consolidate his practice in downtown Naperville. At a recent city council meeting, more than a dozen residents spoke against the plan, including some who said Morris would take advantage of female college students eager to sell their eggs for cash. Others objected to the procedures being performed near schools and churches.
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Chicago Tribune, Mar 22, 2012 A proposed fertility clinic in downtown Naperville is sparking criticism from residents who object on moral grounds to some of the services the facility would provide. But City Council members are split on whether they would have the authority to block the plan when city zoning codes allow for a medical facility at the site, at Washington Street and Benton Avenue. Dr.
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USA Today, Mar 19, 2012 Chicago native Ellie Lavi could not have been happier when she gave birth to beautiful twin girls overseas. She found that the U.S. State Department did not share in her joy when she went to the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv to apply for citizenship for her children. An embassy staffer wanted to know whether Lavi got pregnant at a fertility clinic. She said yes and was told that her children were not eligible for citizenship unless she could prove that the egg or sperm used to create the embryo was from an American citizen. A child adopted overseas by a U.S.
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