The Pros And Cons Of In Vitro Fertilization

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One of the greatest controversies in vitro fertilization deals with is religious adversaries that don’t believe unnatural embryos should be formed using technology. Some of society fears that technology is being misused for artificial insemination. Agreeing with particular religious beliefs, Robert George, professor at Princeton University, states, in an interview, that “the conceiving of children outside of ordinary marital sexual union in essentially technical circumstances, would lead us to view children, as t kind of deep level, as operational objects, as products that are for us to conceive on our own terms and in our own way.” In vitro literally means “in an artificial environment outside the living organism,” this is the reason citizens …show more content…

The fact that participates of in vitro fertilization have the option to throw away the unused embryos after they are successfully impregnated separates in vitro fertilization from other forms of artificial insemination. This industry created about four hundred thousand spare embryos, possible life forms. For every child created through in vitro fertilization, there are thirty embryos formed. Although some supporters argue that the discarded embryos have not yet developed nervous system and therefore cannot feel any suffering. Since the first introduction in 1978, in vitro fertilization has contributed to the birth of five million children. It can create a solution for women who suffer from ovarian dysfunction, blocked, distorted or absented fallopian tubes, endometriosis, fibroid tumors unresponsive to treatment, male factor infertility and many other disorders. The probability of a mother giving live birth to a baby through in vitro fertilization varies with