Editing Assisted reproductive technology (section)

== Usage ==
As a result of the 1992 Fertility Clinic Success Rate and Certification Act, the CDC is required to publish the annual ART success rates at U.S. fertility clinics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/art/nass/policy.html|title=Policy Document {{!}} Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) {{!}} Reproductive Health {{!}} CDC|date=2019-01-31|website=www.cdc.gov|language=en-us|access-date=2019-11-14}}</ref> Assisted reproductive technology procedures performed in the U.S. has over than doubled over the last 10 years, with 140,000 procedures in 2006,<ref name=chicagoART>[http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/arts/chi-0621-fertility-dramas-side1jun21,0,7805988.story chicagotribune.com Infertility by the numbers] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705084623/http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/arts/chi-0621-fertility-dramas-side1jun21,0,7805988.story |date=2009-07-05 }} Colleen Mastony. June 21, 2009</ref> resulting in 55,000 births.<ref name=chicagoART />

In [[Australia]], 3.1% of births in the late 2000's are a result of ART.<ref>[http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26117922-12377,00.html 'More IVF babies but less multiple births'] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924235447/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26117922-12377,00.html |date=2009-09-24 }} THE AUSTRALIAN. September 24, 2009</ref>

The most common reasons for discontinuation of fertility treatment have been estimated to be: postponement of treatment (39%), physical and psychological burden (19%), psychological burden (14%), physical burden (6.32%), relational and personal problems (17%), personal reasons (9%), relational problems (9%), treatment rejection (13%) and organizational (12%) and clinic (8%) problems.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1093/humupd/dms031|title=Why do patients discontinue fertility treatment? A systematic review of reasons and predictors of discontinuation in fertility treatment|year=2012|last1=Gameiro|first1=S.|last2=Boivin|first2=J.|last3=Peronace|first3=L.|last4=Verhaak|first4=C. M.|journal=Human Reproduction Update|volume=18|issue=6|pages=652–69|pmid=22869759|pmc=3461967}}</ref>