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Assisted Reproduction
Researcher believes IVF should be paid for by public health systems
July 14th, 2005
The potential benefit that children resulting from in vitro fertilization (IVF) bring to society far outweighs the cost of "producing" them, argued a scientist said at the 21st annual conference of the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology. Maria Granberg, from the Fertilitetscentrum (Fertility Center), Goteborg, Sweden, told the conference that, although the total cost of IVF financed by healthcare systems in Nordic countries had increased over the last few years, it was still highly profitable to society. "At a time when politicians discuss how to encourage couples to have more children, due to a falling population in the western...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-07-14)
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