LONDON, Aug 9, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Britain’s regulatory authority for in vitro fertilization said Wednesday that doctors should normally transfer no more than two embryos at a time during in vitro fertilization treatment. Ruth Deech, chair of the Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority said, “In most cases, replacing more than two embryos does not increase the chance of having a baby but can substantially increase the risk of a multiple birth.”
An article from the Associated Press notes that “In the United States, which performs more IVF cycles than anywhere else, 80 percent of fertility treatments involve putting three or more embryos in the womb, and 47 percent of the time, four or more are transferred.”
In vitro fertilization has resulted in the deaths of countless live human embryos, as they are artificially created, screened, implanted, frozen and some even used for experimentation.
See the AP coverage at: https://library.northernlight.com/EB20010808960000016.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc