Fertility crisis: why IVF isn t working

More and more women are using IVF to try to get pregnant. But it is painful, expensive and often does not work. Could new, more radical technologies eventually provide an answer? 00:00 - The female biological clock 01:20 - In vitro fertilisation 04:29 - Egg freezing 09:11 - In vitro gametogenesis 13:10 - What does the future look like? Sign up to The Economist’s daily newsletter: https://econ.st/3QAawvI Read the full report here: https://econ.st/3rs3Nwt “The Retrievals”, a tale of agony and addiction, makes listeners squirm: https://econ.st/3rsBi1A We need to break the taboo around male fertility, says Leslie Schrock: https://econ.st/3P8YwUu The fertility business is booming: https://econ.st/3CpKaaC The new Asian family: https://econ.st/3O7uKhL Hormone tests for women’s fertility seem not to work: https://econ.st/3NMlBtF Before going to fight, many Ukrainians are freezing their sperm: https://econ.st/3KfmnyD A neglected way to unblock Fallopian tubes needs revisiting: https://econ.st/3O7OWA1 Carrot, a Silicon Valley startup, takes a novel approach to funding IVF: https://econ.st/3WYhE9D 1843: Tinder drove me to freeze my eggs: https://econ.st/3Nozcbv Watch: Is it worth having kids: https://econ.st/42BcGRj