Inside Canada’s universal health coverage, you’re left on your own to pay for services like in vitro fertilization (IVF). But Dr. Renda Bouzayen thinks that should change. She’s the division head of Reproductive Endocrine and Infertility at Dalhousie University. Bouzayen wrote an editorial on the subject for Canadian Medical Association Journal.

Why should Canada pay for IVF?
Bouzayen argues that the cost of care for the babies and mother are the responsibility of the public health system anyway. And with IVF being so expensive, couples are more likely to transfer multiple embryos, possibly resulting in twins or triplets. When it comes to …read more

Since Nadya Suleman gave birth to octuplets January 26 people all over the country have been debating whether or not her doctors should have implanted so many embryos. The debate has actually become a national medical issue: one that the government would like to address.
Republican Ralph Hudgens, a state senator in Georgia has proposed legislation that would allow no more than two embryos to be implanted at a time in a woman younger than 40. For women older than 40 the legislation would limit the number to three.
Seriously?
I know that the “standard” is usually two-three embryos and any more is …read more