{"id":1366,"date":"2025-05-06T08:14:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T06:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"urn:uuid:2d40beca-5320-49f1-b916-959fd9add848"},"modified":"2025-05-05T22:23:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T20:23:13","slug":"if-only-i-knew-fertility-policy-and-family-planning-in-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diversity-inclusion-platform.ch\/en\/if-only-i-knew-fertility-policy-and-family-planning-in-switzerland\/","title":{"rendered":"If only I knew: Fertility policy and family planning in Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n\tclass=\"\"\n\t\n>\n    <p style=\"background-color:#d9d9d9;padding:4px 8px;border-radius:4px;margin:0\">\n  This article is also available in \n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diversity-inclusion-platform.ch\/haette-ich-nur-bescheid-gewusst-familienplanung-und-fertilitaet-in-der-schweiz\/\">German<\/a> \n  and \n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diversity-inclusion-platform.ch\/si-seulement-javais-su-politique-de-la-fertilite-et-planification-familiale-en-suisse\/\">French<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">This white paper is the result of a cooperation between the Competence Center for Diversity, Disability and Inclusion at the University of St.Gallen and Merck Switzerland.<br><br>We used multi-source data to identify common misconceptions about (in)fertility in Switzerland and to better understand current barriers to family planning and fertility treatments. 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