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In reproductive medicine, the U.S. is ‘the Wild West,’ say these infertility experts

During the 1970s, Americans weren’t doing research on IVF because there was a federal government moratorium on funding for it. The first American baby was born in December 1981 but because this was an “unproven” medical treatment, the patients were the ones who had to pay.

Margaret Marsh is a university professor of history at Rutgers University, working in Camden and New Brunswick. Wanda Ronner is a professor of clinical obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine.
Margaret Marsh is a university professor of history at Rutgers University, working in Camden and New Brunswick. Wanda Ronner is a professor of clinical obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine.Read moreCourtesy of Margaret Marsh and Wanda Ronner
    by Sandy Bauers, For The Inquirer
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