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According to the Department of Health and Human services, in 2021 over 70,000 babies in the U.S. were conceived using in vitro fertilization, or IVF. That’s over 2 percent, and in some European countries that figure is over 4 percent. And it’s rising rapidly all over the world. And that’s raising questions about the limits of using medical technology to produce children.Today, WORLD reporter Leah Savas has the first of a two-part story about someone who crashed into those limits: medical, emotional, and spiritual. And walked away with a lot more than she bargained for.Audio CreditsBrave New World/Universal TelevisionWitness History/BBC“Facing Fertility”/CBSSarah Lavonne/YoutubeClick Orlando/WKMG News“Families lose frozen embryos in tank failure”/CNNDon’t forget to rate and review this program!Support WORLD News Group at wng.org/donate (http://wng.org/donate)
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