Assisted Reproduction and Delayed Childbearing
Many women who plan to have a child in the late 30s and early 40s are likely to face infertility issues and then turn to assisted reproduction. This trend is partially fueled by widespread misconceptions about the ability of assisted reproduction to compensate for infertility in later periods of reproductive age that gives women the illusion of controlling fertility in the higher reproductive ages. Despite the fact, that many rich countries do not subsidize assisted reproduction for women after a certain age period, the number of ART cycles increases most rapidly at age 40+. Read more