February 18, 2014
ABC World News (2/17, story 5, 0:25, Sawyer) reported, “Thirty five years after the first test-tube baby, in vitro fertilization” has “skyrocketed.”
The Los Angeles Times (2/16, Kaplan) “Science Now” blog reported, “More than 1.5% of babies born in the U.S. in 2012 were conceived in a laboratory dish thanks to in vitro fertilization – an all-time high, according to a report released Monday by the Society of Assisted Reproductive Technology.” The blog added that “the 379 fertility clinics that are members of SART performed a total of 165,172 procedures in 2012,” which led to “the births of 61,740 babies. Both figures are new records as well, SART says.”
According to the AP (2/18), the report “also finds that more women are using one embryo at a time to avoid multiple births, which raise the risk of prematurity and other problems.”
CNN (2/18, Christensen) reports on its website that “this growing trend doesn’t necessarily mean Americans are having more trouble having children.” Instead, “it may point to the fact that couples are having babies later.” Also covering the story are the Washington Times(2/18, Wetzstein), MedPage Today (2/18, Fiore), and Reuters (2/18).
Article courtesy American Medical Association
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