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Eggs may be more vulnerable to freezing than embryos, but that's just one factor that affects the odds of having a baby with frozen eggs. Jean-Paul Chassenet/Science Source hide caption
Debra Blackmon (left) was sterilized by court order in 1972, at age 14. With help from her niece, Latoya Adams (right), she's fighting to be included in the state's compensation program. Eric Mennel/WUNC hide caption
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A technician opens a vessel containing women's frozen egg cells in April 2011 in Amsterdam. AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A doctor uses a microscrope to view a human egg during in vitro fertilization (IVF), which is used to fertilize eggs that have been frozen. Mauro Fermariello/ScienceSource hide caption
A technician in Amsterdam opens a vessel containing women's frozen egg cells. AFP/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Getting to this point can be very expensive if in vitro fertilization is involved. iStockphoto hide caption
All of the eggs that a woman carries are produced while she's still in her mother's womb. Pascal Goetgheluck/Science Source hide caption
New research could be promising for infertile men. Scientists were able to make immature sperm cells from skin cells. Their next challenge is to make that sperm viable. iStockphoto hide caption
The same genes that makes this cupcake taste so sweet could also play a role in his fertility. iStockphoto.com hide caption
Doctors use tissue slides like this one of the ovary's outer cortex to confirm a woman's ovarian reserve. It's also the the ovary tissue that's removed in an ovarian transplant. Courtesy of the Infertility Center of St. Louis hide caption
Chance To Pause Biological Clock With Ovarian Transplant Stirs Debate
Human embryos under a microscope at an IVF clinic in La Jolla, Calif. Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images hide caption