IVF could reverse birth rates
(sz) Increasing support for in vitro fertilisation (IVF) could reverse falling birth rates in developed countries, new research suggests.
Denmark’s comparatively high birth rate appears to be down to its wider take-up of IVF, according to New Scientist.
The Scandinavian country has a birth rate of about 1.9 children per woman - higher than the US and most of the rest of Europe, the magazine reported.
In 2002 4.2% of babies in Denmark were born through artificial reproductive technologies (ART) like IVF - compared with 1.4% in the UK and 1.2% in the US in 2004.
Scientists at Austria’s Vienna Institute of Demography calculated likely future birth rates for Danish women with and without ART. more…
From: »Channel 4 News« (online)