Recently, we have made some important realizations. We have watched protests for racial justice and equality across the nation. We have felt the need to look critically inward as well as to make changes to our business.

These past several years we have been working to advance healthcare for women by addressing gender bias at the doctor’s office. However, we have not done enough to address racial disparities and institutional racism in the healthcare system.

WHAT IS INFERTILITY?

In general terms, a woman is considered “infertile” if she has been sexually active monthly for more than a year without achieving pregnancy. “Infertility issues” refer to the inability to achieve conception, achieve a viable pregnancy after conception or maintain a developing pregnancy. So much focus is on the ability to conceive, but the term “infertility” pertains to everything from a woman’s ability to ovulate, conceive and maintain a pregnancy.