Money In — Babies Out
Assessing the Long-Term Economic Impact of IVF Funding Policies
Published in: Journal of Medical Ethics, v. 34, no. 9, Sep. 2008, p. 653-654
Posted on RAND.org on January 01, 2008
The authors respond to comments on their investigation of expected future tax gains to the state from children conceived by in vitro fertilization (IVF). They establish an economic rationale for the benefits of IVF-conceived children; the difficult question is who should pay the money required to conceive an IVF child.
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