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Fifteen percent of women aged 18 to 49 report that they or their partner have ever needed fertility services to become pregnant or prevent miscarriage.
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Eleven percent report receiving fertility assistance, while 3% report needing care but being unable to obtain it.
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Among women reporting a need for fertility care, advice, testing, and ovulation drugs were more commonly used than IVF or intrauterine insemination.
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Among women who needed fertility assistance, 13% report receiving IVF and 16% report receiving intrauterine insemination.
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Cost is the most frequently cited barrier among women who needed but did not obtain fertility care, and low-income women more often cite cost than higher-income women.
