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Assisted Reproductive Technology

More regulation, long-term studies needed, says magazine

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, March 9th, 2003

In an article in its March 2003 issue, Popular Science magazine describes the need for long-term studies and more regulation in assisted reproductive technology (ART).

The article "Sallie has Two Mommies & One Daddy," explores the science behind the risks of ART and the problems with the U.S. regulatory system that have allowed untested technologies to be used on patients for decades without oversight.

One in 11 couples in the United States is infertile. Desperation to have a child is widespread. Each year, thousands of these couples expose themselves and their future children to dangerous fertility treatments that were rushed from petri...

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