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Embryonic Policies: The Stunted Development of In Vitro Fertilization in the United States, 1975-1992

McKenna, Erin Nicole
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1143490658

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2006, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, History.
The federal government’s failure to fund research on in vitro fertilization has had an important legacy and significant consequences in the United States. Due to the dismantling of the Ethics Advisory Board in 1980, no government funding was provided for research for in vitro fertilization (IVF), embryo transfer (ET), and gamete intra-fallopian transfer (GIFT). The lack of government funding, regulation, and involvement has resulted in the false advertising of higher success rates to lure patients into the infertility specialists’ offices. In their desperation to have children, consumers of such medical technologies paid exorbitant fees that often remained uncovered by insurance companies. The federal government enacted legislation in 1992 attempting to alleviate some of the aspects of exploitation of the consumer-patient. The government’s recognition of the importance of such procedures was hit and miss, though, much like the reproductive technology itself. The legacy is one that has resulted in American citizens who now turn to developing countries such as Israel and India, where the treatment is drastically cheaper and often more effective.
Leigh Ann Wheeler (Advisor)
History, United States
fertilization in vitro; assisted reproduction; government policy; Ethics Advisory Board

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  • McKenna, E. N. (2006). Embryonic Policies: The Stunted Development of In Vitro Fertilization in the United States, 1975-1992 [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1143490658

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • McKenna, Erin. Embryonic Policies: The Stunted Development of In Vitro Fertilization in the United States, 1975-1992. 2006. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1143490658.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • McKenna, Erin. "Embryonic Policies: The Stunted Development of In Vitro Fertilization in the United States, 1975-1992." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1143490658

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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