The number of babies born with the help of fertility clinics has almost tripled since 1996, but these children are also more likely than others to have difficult births because so many are born as twins or triplets, the federal government says in a report released this week.
In 2009, a total of 60,190 babies were born via assisted reproductive technology (ART) procedures, according to data compiled from 441 fertility clinics.
This is almost three times as many as the 20,597 babies reported in 1996, when ART data were first fully reported, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says in its new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Read full article.
