04-28-2024, 09:44 PM
I happened across this report, which is based upon a 7-minute video from the BBC.
From the Genetic Literacy Project: Video: BBC uncovers massive deception by Britain’s ‘social egg freezing’ clinics
The BBC analysed the websites of the 78 fertility clinics that advertise private egg freezing in the UK.
We found 32 websites (41%) didn’t make clear a patient’s chance of successfully having a baby in the future.
Of that group, most of the websites were advertising successful thaw rates of 80-95% – a process where eggs are defrosted to be used in fertility treatments.
But these clinics did not make clear that the chances of having a baby are dramatically lower because there are multiple stages of the process before an embryo is successfully implanted, through fertility treatments such as IVF.
It got me to thinking... there must be over 7,600 such facilities in the US. I wonder if their "websites" make clear much more than the price. "Sure we are very good at "thawing" them out ... but after that....
Here's the video:
From the Genetic Literacy Project: Video: BBC uncovers massive deception by Britain’s ‘social egg freezing’ clinics
The BBC analysed the websites of the 78 fertility clinics that advertise private egg freezing in the UK.
We found 32 websites (41%) didn’t make clear a patient’s chance of successfully having a baby in the future.
Of that group, most of the websites were advertising successful thaw rates of 80-95% – a process where eggs are defrosted to be used in fertility treatments.
But these clinics did not make clear that the chances of having a baby are dramatically lower because there are multiple stages of the process before an embryo is successfully implanted, through fertility treatments such as IVF.
It got me to thinking... there must be over 7,600 such facilities in the US. I wonder if their "websites" make clear much more than the price. "Sure we are very good at "thawing" them out ... but after that....
Here's the video:
