Sarah Elizabeth Richards

Richards is a journalist who frequently writes about genetics and the author of Motherhood, Rescheduled: The New Frontier of Egg Freezing and the Women Who Tried It.

Immigrants who turned themselves in to border patrol agents after illegally crossing the border from Mexico into the U.S. wait to be transported for processing in the Rio Grande Valley sector, near McAllen, Texas, U.S., April 2, 2018.

Why There’s a Deep Cultural Aversion to DNA Testing, Even When It Can Reunite Separated Immigrant Families

How to understand the backlash to a possible solution

Men Are the Forgotten Grievers in Miscarriage

The lesson from Mark Zuckerberg's decision to open up

Women Should Never Have an Age Limit on Fertility Treatment

A woman’s right to have a baby should be based on medical fact—not social j...

A woman’s right to have a baby should be based on medical fact—not social judgment.

Caucasian blonde mother carrying baby and walking footpath to bridge

Three-Parent IVF Deserves a Chance in the U.S.

All new fertility methods sound crazy at first

Octavia Monroe, photographed at her home in Willingboro, NJ, October 19, 2013.

Someone I Loved Was Never Born

Miscarriage has long been shrouded in shame and secrecy. That’s changing

Toddler boy cuddling his newborn twin sisters

The Problem With America's Twin Epidemic

Americans undergoing fertility treatments have gotten used to the prospect ...

Americans undergoing fertility treatments have gotten used to the prospect of the 'instant family'—but it may carry unnecessary risks.

The Obesity Pregnancy Dilemma

Doctors' groups are urging ob-gyns to have those difficult conversations wi...

Doctors' groups are urging ob-gyns to have those difficult conversations with women: lose weight or put your pregnancy at risk