Nadya Suleman’s Birth of Octuplets Highlights Lack of Fertility Clinic Regulation
The news about octuplet mom Nadya Suleman raises serious concerns about medical ethics, profit motive, regulation, and oversight in the fertility industry. According to the CDC, 80 percent of U.S. fertility clinics don’t follow the embryo implant guidelines established in 1999 by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, and it turns out that the entire industry is self regulated.
“Assisted reproduction is a multibillion-dollar business. Like other commercial enterprises, it needs rules.” - Marcy Darnovsky, of the Center for Genetics and Society in Oakland.
