Article: IN VITRO FERTILIZATION BIRTHS DOUBLE IN STATE IN TWO YEARS IT'S TIME FOR FERTILITY EXPERTS TO STEP BACK AND TAKE A HARD LOOK, ONE DOCTOR CONTENDS.(Local)

Byline: Michael Romano Rocky Mountain News Medical Writer

The number of children born in Colorado through in vitro fertilization has almost doubled in the past two years.

The booming business in ``test-tube babies'' has prompted some concerns among experts who question the economic, psychological and social toll of a complicated and costly procedure that can often lead to multiple births.

A roll of the reproductive dice that succeeds only about 25% of the time, in vitro fertilization can represent the best - and worst - of modern medical science. At a cost of $6,000 to $10,000, it can provide a healthy child - or triplets, quadruplets or ...

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