‘Both of our children are miracles’: Navigating IVF in a political year [Video]

Starting a family is a decision couples make every day. Having a baby through in vitro fertilization (IVF) can be more complicated and challenging.

About one in six couples experience infertility. It has also become a political issue.

In a Lighthouse report, Chief Political Reporter Charles Benson looks at two aspects of IVF: cost and reaching a consensus on when life begins.

Aubrey and Elsie brighten their parents’ day and take every ounce of energy to keep up with them. But becoming parents was really hard for Andrew and Kristine Sullivan Koser.

Twelve weeks into her naturally conceived pregnancy with Aubrey, Kristine was diagnosed with stage three colon cancer.

“My daughter did my first nine cycles of chemotherapy with me, and I finished the last three after I delivered her at 36 weeks,” said Kristine, who is also an OB-GYN.

Through genetic testing, Kristine learned she had Li-Fraumeni syndrome, a …