217,000 children born through assisted fertility in 20 years. Number of treatments carried out each year has doubled, as have pregnancy rates.

procedures using cryopreserved embryos have also risen sharply. Figures released to mark the 20th anniversary on February 19 of the approval of the law, which contained some of the most stringent rules in Europe on assisted fertility at the time. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Copyright ANSA. All rights reserved. Over 217,000. children have been born in Italy through medically assisted reproduction (MAR) since the approval 20 years ago of legislation regulating fertility treatment.