Public Debate Over California Octuplets Dramatically Underscores Need to Regulate IVF Industry
Denise Burke writes on the Americans United for Life Blog:
Over the last two weeks, there has been much debate over the conception and premature birth of the California octuplets. This debate and the outrage it has provoked have primarily been directed at the choices of the mother, Nadya Suleman, and the actions of her doctor, Dr. Michael Kamrava of the West Coast IVF Clinic . . .
While an investigation of Dr. Kamrava’s actions and medical judgment certainly seems warranted, most of the numerous news stories and commentaries have failed to address a critical contributing factor to this controversy: the lack of any meaningful regulations of artificial reproductive technologies (ART), specifically the IVF industry . . .