In the industrial age, fertility rates began to decline worldwide. Between 1870 and 1920, fertility rates fell by 30 to 50 per cent in Western Europe and the United States. Orthodox treatments were limited in scope and efficacy, and in many cases, spiritual and other alternative means were employed by desperate would-be parents with varying outcomes.
In 1978, Drs Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards of Oldham General Hospital, in Oldham, England, after over two decades…
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