I read an interesting article in Time magazine about possible defects in babies conceived by fertility treatments such as in vitro fertilization and intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection. Two studies conducted, one by the CDC and the other by doctors in Britain and Australia reported that babies conceived by assisted reproductive technologies have 2.6 times the risk of low birth weight, which could lead to cardiac and cognitive problems and an 8.6% chance of heart and kidney abnormalities, cleft palate and undescended testicles over the 4.2% chance of these birth defects from normal conception methods. Many fertility experts are not convinced that these new findings are accurate. The parent’s infertility background may have some effect on these results.
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Time Magazine
March 18.2002
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