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Although Black women experience infertility, many don t get help, data shows.
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Women of color share their struggles with infertility
Robin Roberts’ “Thriver Thursday” series profiles Rev. Stacey Edwards-Dunn, who created an organization to support African American women dealing with infertility.STOCK PHOTO ILLUSTRATION/Getty Images
Nearly one out of every eight couples in the U.S. are affected by infertility. For National Infertility Awareness Week, “GMA” is spotlighting infertility stories to help demystify and destigmatize all paths to parenthood.
Regina Townsend, 39, of Chicago, said that as a Black child and then as a young Black woman, she never heard discussions of infertility and in vitro fertilization among her family and friends.
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