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The fertility industry is poorly regulated – and would-be parents can lose out on having children as a result

  • Written by Naomi Cahn, Professor of Law, University of Virginia
imageLouise Brown, who was the world's first baby to be born from in vitro fertilization (IVF) in 1978, poses with equipment used in early IVF treatments. Daniel Leal-Olivas/ Getty

When embryologist Joseph Conaghan arrived at work at San Francisco’s Pacific Fertility Center on March 4, 2018, nothing seemed awry. He did routine inspections of the...

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