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The fertility industry is poorly regulated – and would-be parents can lose out on having children as a result

  • Written by Naomi Cahn, Professor of Law, University of Virginia
The fertility industry is poorly regulated – and would-be parents can lose out on having children as a resultLouise Brown, who was the world's first baby to be born from in vitro fertilization (IVF) in 1978, poses with equipment used in early IVF treatments. Daniel Leal-Olivas/ Getty

When embryologist Joseph Conaghan arrived at work at San Francisco’s Pacific Fertility Center on March 4, 2018, nothing seemed awry. He did routine inspections of the...

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