One in 28 births in France is the result of assisted birth, and difficulty conceiving leads 1 in 8 couples to consult a doctor. In 2020, the Agency for Biomedicine reports 123,174 medically assisted childbirth attempts, with 20,223 births. A success rate that remains measured, therefore… and implications for the health of women and their future children that should not be ignored.
Effective infertility treatments have been available for more than forty years, and while they have alleviated the effects of a worrisome decline in fertility worldwide, their impact on the health of parents and their children remains difficult to study. Several cohort studies over the past ten years have shown that they moderate women’s cancer risks, but the long-term effects on children, the oldest of whom are only in their forties, are obviously harder to assess. “Health…
Source: Le Figaro
