Welcome to part 1 of the Big Business of Buying Babies. In this installment, we explore the current infertility rates in the US, some of the factors that could be contributing to those issues, we look at Big Medicine’s answer to our fertility problems, and we examine the enormous price tag attached to the services offered. Do doctors and pharma really have the answers to our prayers? Or are we surrendering all of our power and desires to a greedy industry that’s out to line their pockets with huge profits while leaving us mortgaging our homes and selling off assets, all to chase our desires to be mommies and daddies.
Below is a list of the articles and sources used for these data points.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/birth-rate-by-country
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/infertility.htm
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/infertility
https://money.usnews.com/money/personal-finance/family-finance/articles/how-much-surrogacy-costs-and-how-to-pay-for-it
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/16/parenting/fertility/ivf-long-term-effects.html
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2014/02/18/279035110/ivf-baby-boom-births-from-fertility-procedure-hit-new-high
https://www.cdc.gov/art/artdata/index.html
https://www.forbes.com/health/family/how-much-does-ivf-cost/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1936357/
https://www.today.com/parents/pregnancy/ivf-success-rate-rcna38775
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