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IVF in a state that protects embryos versus IVF in a state that doesn't

Submitted by Gualberto Garci... on Friday, March 22, 2013
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Abortion advocates claim that recognizing that newly conceived human beings (embryos) are persons under the law will ban in vitro fertilization. But the facts tell a different story.

In 1986, Louisiana recognized embryos in IVF clinics as legal persons. Did in vitro doctors run off to other states or did they continue to help infertile couples in Louisiana?

Consider this 2011 report from the Society for Reproductive Technology regarding Louisiana:

Name

City

Live Birth Rate per Xfer

Cycles For Women Under 35

Avg Embryo Xfer

Total Cycles All Groups

Fertility and Women's Health Center of Louisiana

Lafayette, LA

56.4

82

2.1

163

Center for Fertility & Reproductive Health

Shreveport, LA

54.3

55

2.2

133

The Fertility Institute of New Orleans

Mandeville, LA

50.9

180

2.2

483

A Woman's Center for Reproductive Medicine

Baton Rouge, LA

39.6

57

1.9

137

 

Compare to this 2011 report regarding North Dakota:

Sanford Reproductive Medicine

Fargo, ND

56.2

95

2.1

212

 

The most obvious point is that recognizing embryos as persons has not driven in vitro fertilization from Louisiana.  Looking at the data, the Live Birth Rate stats for the top three Louisiana clinics are about the same as the stats for North Dakota’s lone IVF clinic.

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