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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Madeline Sherratt

‘Fertilization president’ has gutted fed’s IVF team, report says

President Donald Trump, the self-proclaimed “fertilization president,” has gutted a federal in vitro fertilization team as part of his mass firing spree at the Department of Health and Human Services.

The six epidemiologists, data analysts, and researchers who had their jobs axed Tuesday worked for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Assisted Reproductive Technology Surveillance System (ARTSS) and tracked the progress of IVF in the U.S.

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