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Article: Assisted reproductive technology studied by New York task force. (New York)
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- July 1, 1998
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A New York panel of doctors, lawyers, and ethicists has issued recommendations designed to make new ways of baby-making easier on those involved in this increasingly high-tech process.
The primary aim of the State Task Force on Life and the Law was to improve legal and professional oversight of assisted reproductive technology (ART) practices. Some of the group's recommendations may be proposed as legislation in New York and could act as model legislation for other states, panel members said.
The task force looked into nearly every aspect of ART--from parental rights and abortion to infertility clinic regulation and sperm harvesting--and came up with ...