IVF Availability Linked to Motherhood Delay
By Arit Udoh,
BioNews
| 09. 01. 2015
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Access to IVF may serve as 'fertility insurance' for women, making them more inclined to delay motherhood and focus on their career, a study has suggested.
The study evaluated the impact of increased access to IVF on women's career investment in Israel. Using census data, it found that the country's national health insurance policy, which provides free access to IVF and other assisted reproduction technologies (ART), encouraged young women to marry later and pursue increased levels of education.
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