Dr. Leah May Roberts quoted in Politifact on difference between IVF and IUI

Once again Politifact goes to Dr. Leah May Roberts to clarify issues regarding reproduction and women's health issues.

In today's Politifact article, Walz has conflated IVF and IUI when discussing his family. What’s the difference? Dr. Leah May Roberts explained:

Dr. Leah Roberts, a reproductive specialist at Boca Fertility in Florida, also said her patients often use the term "IVF" to mean other fertility treatments.

"Most people who are not OBGYNs even, most people who are even physicians, or people in the general United States will often conflate the two," Roberts said.

Roberts said most people undergoing IVF treatments today are actually undergoing intracytoplasmic sperm injection, a type of IVF treatment.

"A lot of this does come down to semantics, where the general population will use IVF to mean anything done in a reproductive endocrinologist's office for infertility care," Roberts said.

Roberts said once patients are done with their treatments, it’s easier to just tell people they had IVF rather than explain IUI to others.

"If you say IVF, people generally will understand that you went through infertility treatments without getting into the nitty-gritty of exactly how, when and where your children were conceived," Roberts said.

https://www.politifact.com/article/2024/aug/22/walz-has-conflated-ivf-and-iui-when-discussing-his/

[Dr. Roberts lobbies in Florida and Nationally for reproductive rights. She is a distinguished Clinical Affiliate Assistant Professor of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility in the Department of Women’s and Children’s Health at Florida Atlantic University’s Charles E Schmidt College of Medicine. Dr. Roberts has garnered recognition as an expert in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and healthcare access for women. This expertise has led to numerous media appearances, and she has been quoted in the Los Angeles Times, Sun Sentinel, Orlando Sentinel, and even internationally in the Irish Star.]