Couples traveling abroad for fertility treatments

Reproductive tourism gaining popularity around the world

June 20, 2005

COPENHAGEN - Couples wanting babies are criss-crossing the globe in search of treatment as infertility in the developed world looks set to double within a decade, scientists say.

Dutch women travel to Belgium for sperm donation because there is a shortage in their own country. Donated egg recipients cross the border because it is not allowed in Germany.

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