Here’s a Greek Business That’s Booming: Making Test-Tube Babies

From bloomberg.com

Endorsed by a government running out of money, the plan now is to bundle treatment with a vacation, much as rival Spain has done, combining two rare growth industries in a country struggling to emerge from the worst downturn in its history. The economic crisis, and loose regulation coming with government spending cuts, may even have helped the fertility industry. Should treatment fail using a woman’s eggs, Greek law allows donors to remain anonymous and get paid as much as 1,000 euros ($1,114). So just as the birthrate in Greece has traced the decline in the economy, the supply of eggs has risen. There’s also a ... (full story)