Costa Rica Taking In Vitro Fight to D.C.

October 24, 2008

Next week, Bianchi, 43, will travel to Washington, D.C., to represent 10 infertile couples before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in a case challenging Costa Rica´s in vitro ban.

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