Taming the Wild West of Assisted Reproduction

Ever since IVF became possible in 1978 with the birth of Louise Brown, the U.S. has been the wild west of assisted reproduction. Americans gave birth to 54,656 IVF babies in 2006 and underwent 16,976 procedures in which the eggs of one woman were fertilized and then transferred to another’s womb.

By Debora Spar | Feb 26 11:42 pm ET