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Infertility gains pace all over the world. Is there a salvation?

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Infertility may lead mankind to the verge of extinction. It sounds as a trailer to a thriller movie, still it’s true. Nowadays each 5th couple in the world is infertile and unable to reproduce. The 21st century and infertile human race battle to survive with immense hope for new life. Regular reports of international medical organizations and committees confirm that year after year infertility gains pace all over the world.

Not only negative birth statistics does increase, but also the number of reproductive medicine clinics. We can see clinics’ advertisement more often than Starbucks ads. No matter how hard ART’s opponents resist, in-vitro method is still the only effective instrument in fighting infertility. What’s the reality and how far people may go in strive for a baby?

National health protection institutions’ statistics reports that one of six couples in Great Britain is diagnosed with infertility. In the USA, Italy, Germany and France statistics is similar.

Specialists claim that demographic rate in France is very poor. Official data show that birth rate in France is 10,72% and death rate is 9,48%.  As a result, age composition changes and the share of older people grows.

Infertility gains pace all over the world. Every European country shows similar statistics.  Nowadays people from France, Germany, Italy, Spain, England and other countries widely use the advantage of modern medicine – ART. Human life is priceless. However, as a result of global infertility, the sphere of assisted reproduction is intensively developing. Millions of families are ready to pay any money for such treatment with the one and only aim – desired parenting.

The result of any ART procedure is a long-awaited baby. That is why so many people are ready to give away all their savings or take loans for the sake of their future. In its turn, it gives impetus to many “fraud clinics” to emerge. They may cheat patients and just imitate carrying out all program procedures.

“Some desperate infertile couples are ready to pay considerable sums of money for infertility treatment. It leads to exploitation and treating such patients only with aim of getting money”, – international IVF specialists say.

Professor of an American university considers that nowadays doctors are trained enough to perform ART competently. International specialists are constantly refining treatment methods and their implementation. And decades-long practice benefits in higher success rates of programs.

Along with state medical institutions, there is a wide range of private clinics and centers all over the world. They are getting quite popular among infertile patients. Thus, for example, around 120 thousand IVF cycles are performed annually in the USA. In such countries as Ukraine – around 90 thousands. This data is approximate because there is no precise statistics in any country of the world. There are a lot of clinics all over the world offering different prices for the same services. There are clinics that attract much more attention than others.

In 2014 two French couples filed a complaint to European Count of Human Rights in Strasbourg. Due to infertility, they became parents with the help of surrogate motherhood abroad. The procedure was legal, however when these families applied to French authorities (domestically) with request to register their children’s birth certificates in respective registry, they were refused because surrogacy is banned in France. European Court of Human Rights processed their complaints and confirmed violation of French families’ rights under several articles. As a result, European Court appealed countries of Europe to acknowledge children born by surrogate mothers abroad in the home countries of their biological parents.

There are supporters and opponents of using ART. Nevertheless, world practice shows that currently it is the only salvation from the problem of infertility. And even strict bans on surrogacy in their home countries don’t stop families that seek for and get help of ART abroad.

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