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.”
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