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Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) bring up a range of legal issues. Treatments that utilize third parties, like egg donors or surrogacy, make them legally complex.

Lawyers are now specializing in this field of law, which is referred to as Family Building Law or Reproductive Technology Law. These lawyers can help represent the rights of all those involved in ART.

Infertility treatments can become very costly, especially when multiples cycles of expensive IVF treatments are required. While insurance may be able to cover other medical treatments, its coverage usually does not extend to infertility treatments.

The following data, from the Assisted Reproductive Technology Report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), detail the number of donor egg IVF cycles and live births at St. Louis fertility clinics.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) compiles a list of the success rates for fertility clinics across the country. This data is compiled into the Assisted Reproductive Technology Report, which includes data including live birth rate, number of IVF cycles performed each year, and number of multiple births. The report also includes characteristics for each clinic, such as what services it provides and diagnoses it treats.