https://www.scmp.com/rss/520134/feed Tomas Sobotka is deputy director of the Vienna Institute of Demography, Austrian Academy of Sciences. He leads a research group on fertility and family and is editor-in-chief of the Vienna Yearbook of Population Research. His research focuses on global low fertility and family changes, family policies, fertility data and measurement, childlessness, assisted reproduction and migration. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com In the ongoing conversation about fertility and family planning, in vitro fertilisation (IVF) is often highlighted as a beacon of hope for the many couples grappling with infertility. The common argument is that it will help lift Hong Kong’s low fertility rate. However, this is a false hope. The additional babies born because of widely accessible IVF comprise only a small percentage of the total births in countries such as Denmark, the Czech Republic and Israel. The potential impact of IVF on... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3287324/expecting-ivf-solve-hong-kongs-population-problems-misguided?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3287324/expecting-ivf-solve-hong-kongs-population-problems-misguided?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 23 Nov 2024 01:30:08 +0000