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For 30 years, 200,000 children were born in France by in vitro fertilization

Since the birth of Amandine in 1982, In vitro fertilization and techniques of medically assisted procreation has developed very rapidly. Back on medical advances in which hospitals have played a role.
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On February 24, 1982, Amandine born in hospital in Clamart Béclère Antoine (Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris). Now a young woman of 27 years, it was then the French first baby conceived by in vitro fertilization (IVF), four years after Louise Brown, the first "test tube baby" in the world, born in Great Britain.

A study by a researcher from the National Institute of Demographic Studies (INED) and the National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm) shows that 200,000 children were born in France since using the techniques of Medically assisted procreation (AMP). In 2007, 20,042 children are born and after artificial insemination (30%) or in vitro fertilization (70%) practiced in a French center during the previous year. These figures represent approximately 2.5% of births in France. More broadly, about 5% of births - one in twenty - was obtained after treatment or the implementation of medical technology. The techniques used are the most stimulation by ovarian hormone treatment (2.4% of births), IVF (1.7%) and artificial insemination (0.8%). According to researcher INED, each kindergarten class now has one or two children whose conception was medically assisted.