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University of Virginia Law Professor Examines the 'Wild West' of the Fertility Industry
September 14, 2021
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Sept. 14 (TNSRes) -- The University of Virginia issued the following research news on Sept. 13, 2021:

Approximately 80,000 children are born yearly in the U.S. through in vitro fertilization, but there is little federal oversight of the fertility industry. A recent study analyzing frozen embryo mishap lawsuits from 2009 through 2019 reported 133 cases of embryo loss. More than half were related to two catastrophic freezer failures.

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