Friday, April 17, 2009

Behind the Scenes in "The Billion-Dollar World of Baby-Making"

The moral problems with in vitro fertilization are immense. (See this post for a list of Vital Signs posts dealing with the subject.) But who knew "the billion-dollar world of baby-making" also involved greed, cutthroat competition, high-priced attack lawyers, and snooping private detectives?

Here's a story from the Los Angeles Times that takes you behind the scenes of the industry.