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Human Reproduction, Vol. 17, No. 5, 1133-1134, May 2002
© 2002 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology

EDITORIAL

The children of assisted reproduction_the need for an ongoing debate

David H. Barlow, Editor-in-Chief

Throughout the short history of assisted reproduction there has been concern to monitor the safety of this important technology. There are several components to the short- and long-term safety of treatment for the woman involved (Barlow, 1999Go), but perhaps the greatest challenge has been to identify whether the offspring of assisted reproduction are at greater risk of, or enter life with a greater burden of, abnormalities than their naturally-conceived peers.

In the late 1980s reports from a number of countries provided a reasonably, but not totally, reassuring picture, particularly in relation to rates of neonatal problems and congenital anomaly in . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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