When a former member of the ethics committee for the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) calls for fertility industry regulation we should sit up and pay attention. Earlier this month George Annas, a Boston University School of Public Health professor and chair of health law, wrote a blistering assessment of what he sees as a fertility industry run amok. While he acknowledges that some people have been helped to have children they could not otherwise have, we can no longer leave patients at the “mercy of the market and unscrupulous practitioners.” Annas first raised concerns about the direction of
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Published on July 23, 2015 15:41