The current status of IVF: are we putting the needs of the individual first?

In Oldham General Hospital, Oldham, UK, at 11:47 pm on July 25, 1978, the world of fertility medicine changed forever with the birth of 5 lb 12 oz Louise Joy Brown, the first baby to be born after successful in vitro fertilisation (IVF). Since that Tuesday night 45 years ago, the International Committee for Monitoring Assisted Reproductive Technologies estimates that at least 12 million babies have been born as a result of IVF and other assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs).