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Where Do Babies Come From: Prepared By: Group 6
Where Do Babies Come From: Prepared By: Group 6
Artificial Reproduction
A number of people are not medically capable of giving birth to a
child. Assisted reproductive technologies such as
fertility-enhancing drugs
in vitro fertilization
Babies
6000 600
sperm injection
41000
IVF
Rented Wombs
Donated Eggs
2)
for HIV discordant couples where the male partner is HIV positive;
3)
4)
60000
50000
40000
30000
20000
10000
0
25000
15000
12400
3500
4500
300
Column2
2500
MARKET SIZE
Small group of potential
customers
FERTILE
MEDICAL
ASSISTANCE
FERTILITY DRUGS
AI
IVF
0.1
85
DEMAND CHARECTERISTICS
Rigid Demand replicating
features of a necessity
Very few market players
No regulation
Bargaining power of buyers
meager
High-End customers ready to
pay
LEGAL COMPLEXITIES
Lack of Property Rights
No point of responsibility between
parents and fertility clinics
Lackadaisical attitude of political
leaders
Helpless courts in absence of legal
guidelines
Ex. If an infant has three
potential mothers(the egg donor, the
surrogate mother, and the intended
mother) how does a court decide
whom to favor.
Conclusion
A
Society
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