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Federalizing Embryo Transfers: Taming The Wild West Of Reproductive Medicine?, Judith F. Daar
Federalizing Embryo Transfers: Taming The Wild West Of Reproductive Medicine?, Judith F. Daar
Judith F Daar
This article addresses the oft-spoken urban myth that the field of assisted reproductive technologies (ART) is a wholly unregulated medical subspecialty, leaving cowboy physicians to abuse vulnerable patients and disregard the well-being of ART-induced offspring. The birth of octoplets in January 2009 fueled this myth and launched a campaign to regulate the field by restricting the number of embryos allowable for transfer in any single IVF cycle. This article critiques the merits of a federal law codifying embryo transfer limits in the provision of infertility care. Drafting a federal embryo transfer law is easy enough, but assuring enforcement by regulators …
Federalizing Embryo Transfers: Taming The Wild West Of Reproductive Medicine?, Judith F. Daar
Federalizing Embryo Transfers: Taming The Wild West Of Reproductive Medicine?, Judith F. Daar
Judith F Daar
This article addresses the oft-spoken urban myth that the provision of assisted reproductive technologies (ART) is a wholly unregulated medical subspecialty, leaving cowboy physicians to abuse vulnerable patients and disregard the well-being of ART-induced offspring. The birth of octoplets in January 2009 fueled this myth and launched a campaign to regulate the field by restricting the number of embryos allowable for transfer in any single IVF cycle. This article critiques the merits of a federal law codifying embryo transfer limits in the provision of infertility care. Drafting a federal embryo transfer law is easy enough, but assuring enforcement by regulators …