What is IVF, and is it ethical?

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TLDRThis content discusses the moral objections to in vitro fertilization (IVF), highlighting how it can lead to the destruction of human embryos, with an estimated 1.5 million stored in freezers. It argues that IVF commodifies children, treating them as products rather than individuals, and compares embryo selection to eugenics. Furthermore, it raises ethical concerns surrounding surrogacy and egg donation, ultimately questioning the justification of IVF when it results in the loss of human lives and the exploitation of individuals for reproductive purposes.

Punti di forza

  • 👶 IVF enables couples to have children but has ethical concerns.
  • 💔 Many embryos created during IVF are destroyed or discarded.
  • ❄️ Over 1.5 million embryos are stored in freezers, facing uncertain futures.
  • ⚖️ IVF can be likened to eugenics, with embryos selected based on arbitrary standards.
  • 🛒 IVF may commodify children, treating them as products to fulfill desires.
  • 👩‍👦 Surrogacy raises ethical issues regarding the separation from birth mothers.
  • 💸 Egg donation can exploit financially vulnerable women.
  • 🤔 Ethical forms of IVF exist but are often too difficult and costly for many.
  • 🌍 Same-sex couples use IVF, raising questions about parental connections.
  • ✝️ The desire for children should not justify the destruction of lives.

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    The desire for children through IVF leads to moral dilemmas, including the destruction of embryos and treating lives as commodities. With over 1.5 million embryos frozen and unaccounted for, couples should be aware of the ethical implications. IVF's processes often resemble eugenics and commodification, raising questions about the true cost of bringing children into the world.

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Video Domande e Risposte

  • What is IVF?

    IVF stands for in vitro fertilization, a process of uniting egg and sperm in a lab rather than through sexual intercourse.

  • Why do some people oppose IVF?

    Opponents argue that IVF destroys human lives, creates excess embryos that are often discarded, and commodifies children.

  • How many embryos does IVF typically create?

    IVF clinics often create more embryos than intended, leading to many being discarded.

  • What happens to embryos that are not used in IVF?

    Many unused embryos are frozen, with estimates suggesting more than 1.5 million are currently stored in the US.

  • Is IVF linked to eugenics?

    Yes, the selection and destruction of embryos can be seen as a form of eugenics based on arbitrary standards of viability.

  • Why is surrogacy considered ethically problematic?

    Surrogacy raises issues about the commodification of children, bodily autonomy, and the permanent separation of the child from their biological mother.

  • How does IVF treat children as commodities?

    IVF can involve selecting traits for children as if shopping for products, treating both the child and genetic contributors as commodities.

  • Are there alternatives to traditional IVF practices?

    Some couples attempt more ethical forms of IVF by transferring only one embryo at a time.

  • What are some ethical concerns surrounding egg donation?

    Egg donation often exploits young women, particularly those who are financially vulnerable, leading to ethical dilemmas.

  • Can same-sex couples use IVF?

    Yes, IVF is often utilized by same-sex couples to have children, but critics argue it can deprive children of natural parental connections.

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    you're in a conversation and someone
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    says IVF makes it possible for couples
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    to have children why would anyone be
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    against that what would you say invitro
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    fertilization or IVF is the process of
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    uniting egg and sperm in a laboratory
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    rather than through sexual intercourse
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    typically IVF is pursued either by
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    couples struggling with infertility or
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    by couples including same-sex couples
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    who hire a surrogate to carry a
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    pregnancy as typically practiced IVF F
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    involves medically stimulating ovaries
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    in order to harvest multiple
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    eggs the eggs are then fertilized
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    outside the
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    womb the resulting human embryos are
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    then
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    screened those deemed healthy or viable
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    are kept for transferring to the womb
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    while those deemed nonviable are
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    discarded the transfer process is often
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    repeated until a pregnancy occurs even
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    when pursued by couples who desire to
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    have children but cannot there are
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    several reasons that IVF is morally
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    problematic here are three number one as
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    typically practiced IVF destroys human
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    lives it is standard practice for
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    fertility clinics to create more embryos
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    during the IVF process than the
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    potential parents intend to bring to
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    term in fact many embryos who are
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    created through IVF are never
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    transferred to a mother often living
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    embryos are deemed nonviable for vague
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    or inconclusive reasons and are then
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    destroyed others are select elected for
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    Destruction based on their sex the IVF
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    process often involves transferring
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    multiple embryos to a woman's uterus in
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    order to increase the chances of
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    pregnancy it is common for some of the
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    embryos created to become victims of
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    reductions a euphemism for aboring one
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    or more babies while leaving siblings to
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    develop this decision again is made
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    often based on which embryos are deemed
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    more viable and once pregnancy is
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    achieved any remaining embryos not
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    transferred are treated as excess
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    typically they'll be stored in freezers
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    indefinitely to await a future attempt
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    at pregnancy that may or may not occur
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    most often however they will be
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    discarded or donated for scientific
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    research which means they too will be
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    discarded in other words not only are
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    many tiny lives created by IVF but as it
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    is typically done many are destroyed the
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    way selection takes place is a form of
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    eugenics the weeding out of certain
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    human individuals based on arbitrary
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    standards of fitness and quality
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    as practiced there is no essential
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    difference between the selective
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    elimination of certain embryos in the
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    IVF process and selective abortions of
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    pre-born babies because they have
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    disabilities or because they happen to
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    be the wrong sex it is important to note
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    that some couples attempt a more ethical
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    form of IVF either by creating and
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    transferring only one embryo at a time
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    or by agreeing to transfer every embryo
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    that is created however this makes the
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    procedure so arduous ous invasive and
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    expensive that many fertility clinics
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    and couples will not attempt it the
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    bottom line is that IVF destroys more
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    human lives each year than all forms of
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    abortion making it a net source of more
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    deaths not of more new
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    lives number two over 1.5 million human
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    embryos created in the IVF process are
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    being stored in freezers embryos who are
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    conceived in IVF and deemed viable but
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    are not immediately transferred to to a
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    woman's womb are often Frozen to be used
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    to achieve future pregnancies there are
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    many cases however in which these
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    embryos remain Frozen and are never
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    implanted in fact in just the United
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    States an estimated 1.5 million human
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    embryos are currently Frozen infertility
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    Clinic freezers with the exception of
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    those who will be brought to term by
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    their parents or adopted by others the
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    vast majority will eventually be
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    discarded or donated for scientific
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    research this means that as typically
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    practiced IVF results in countless human
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    lives being created and left
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    indefinitely suspended only to
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    eventually face destruction adding to
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    this incredible number should be morally
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    Unthinkable especially when there are so
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    many existing embryos whose lives can be
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    given a chance through
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    adoption number three IVF enables adults
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    to treat children and sometimes other
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    adults as Commodities eugenic motives
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    often guide the selection and
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    destruction of em OS created through IVF
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    and this form of baby manufacturer is
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    also Central to other practices that
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    treat children as products to satisfy
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    the demands of adults for example
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    gestational surrogacy the practice of
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    transferring a fertilized egg to an
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    unrelated woman to carry requires IVF
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    surrogacy is plagued by so many ethical
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    problems it is highly regulated and even
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    banned in Many Nations around the world
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    the ethical questions have to do with
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    hiring a woman's body separating a new
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    born child from the only mother he or
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    she has known and excluding that woman
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    permanently from the child's life IVF is
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    also related to the practice of
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    so-called egg donation in which young
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    and often financially vulnerable women
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    are selected by parents for traits like
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    race eye color and intelligence and then
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    paid for their gametes which are then
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    fertilized in vitro after which the
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    resulting embryos are transferred to the
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    designated mother this creates a strong
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    incentive for parents to shock for the
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    traits they want treating not only the
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    eventual child but the genetic mother as
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    consumer products instead of persons
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    finally IVF and gamet donation are
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    increasingly used by same-sex couples to
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    acquire children because their
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    relationships are intrinsically sterile
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    in these situations a child will be
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    inevitably robbed of either a father or
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    a mother and because the ability to
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    bypass natural reproduction is a feature
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    not a bug of IVF the procedure is legal
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    and easily available for anyone to
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    essentially order pay for and acquire
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    children with very little accountability
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    or protections for the children created
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    ultimately IVF assumes that the desire
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    to acquire a child justifies any means
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    of achieving that goal but this isn't
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    true when the means involves the
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    destruction of human lives and treating
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    lives as products to be selected and
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    sold rather than as gifts given by God
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    and created in His image so the next
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    time someone says we should support IVF
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    because it makes it possible for couples
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    to have children here are three things
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    to remember number one as typically
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    practiced IVF destroys human lives
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    number two over 1.5 million human
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    embryos created in the IVF process are
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    being stored in freezers number three
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    IVF enables adults to treat children and
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    sometimes other adults as commodities
Tag
  • IVF
  • infertility
  • ethics
  • eugenics
  • surrogacy
  • embryos
  • commodification
  • egg donation
  • parental rights
  • reproductive technology