The first study to conduct a thorough global estimate of the number of children born via assisted reproductive technology (ART), like in vitro fertilization (IVF), has estimated that between 9.8 million to just over 13 million babies have been born this way since the tech first came into use in 1978.

ART consists of any fertility treatments or procedures that include the handling of either eggs and sperm or embryos outside of the body (known as in vitro ), specifically for the purpose of achieving a pregnancy. The most common and well-known type is IVF, but there are many other technologies that come under the ART umbrella, including intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), preimplantation genetic testing (PGT), and embryo freezing .

The very first baby to be born using this kind of

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