(New York Times) Dina Kraft - Israel is the world capital of in vitro fertilization and Assuta Hospital in Tel Aviv, which performs about 7,000 of the procedures each year, is one of the busiest fertilization clinics in the world. Unlike countries where couples can go broke trying to conceive with the assistance of costly medical technology, Israel provides free, unlimited IVF procedures for up to two "take-home babies" until a woman is 45. Israelis already have a high fertility rate: an average of 2.9 children per family. A survey published by the journal Human Reproduction Update in 2002 showed that 1,657 in vitro fertilization procedures per million people per year were performed in Israel, compared with 899 in Iceland, the country with the second highest rate, and 126 in the U.S.
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