Trading-Off Reproductive Technology and Adoption: Does Subsidizing IVF Decrease Adoption Rates and Should It Matter?
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Introduction ............................................................................. 486 I. Background on Reproductive Technologies and Adoption ............................................................................. 489 A. Infertility and IVF in the United States .................... 489 B. Adoption in the United States .................................... 493 II. The Policy Debate Over State-Level Insurance Mandates Covering IVF: Do States Have an Obligation to Improve Access to Reproductive Technologies Even If It Decreases Adoptions? ................................................. 500 A. The Prima Facie Case for Improving Access to Reproductive Technologies .......................................... 500 B. Arguments Against Expanding Access to Reproductive Technologies Through Mandates ......... 505
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