Introduction ............................................................................. 486 I. Background on Reproductive Technologies and Adoption ............................................................................. 489 A. Infertility and IVF in the United States .................... 489 B. Adoption in the United States .................................... 493 II. The Policy Debate...

ObjectiveTo report the utilization, effectiveness, and safety of practices in assisted reproductive technology (ART) globally 2013 assess global trends over time.DesignRetrospective, cross-sectional survey on ART procedures performed during 2013.SettingSeventy-five countries 2,639 clinics.Patient(s)Women men undergoing procedures.Intervention(s)All ART.Main Outcome Measure(s)The cycles outcomes...

1Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7N 5B4 2Center for Reproductive Medicine and Andrology, University of Münster, Domagkstraße 11, 48149 Münster, Germany 3Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, Magee-Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA 4Department of...

The escalation of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs) in India into a veritable fertility industry is the result of a multitude of reasons. This paper places the bio-genetic industry within the larger political economy framework of globalisation and privatisation, thus employing a framework that is often omitted from discussions on ARTs, but has direct and significant bearings on the ART ...