IVF
The other controversial legacyMichael Cook | 16 April 2013 |tags: bioethics, IVF, Nobel Prize, Robert EdwardsRobert Edwards, the inventor of IVF, died two days after Margaret Thatcher. History may show that his impact was even greater than hers.
The right to know those who gave us lifeMargaret Somerville | 10 July 2012 |tags: children's rights, IVF, same-sex parentingChildren’s rights are in danger of being overlooked in the increasingly bizarre permutations of reproductive technology.
Better than IVFAnthony J. Caruso | 12 May 2012 |tags: bioethics, fertility, IVFInfertility is a complex problem. But one thing is certain: don't make children a postscript to a career.
An IVF doctor has a change of heartAnthony J. Caruso | 19 April 2012 |tags: bioethics, IVFIn 2010 an eminent Chicago IVF doctor left his practice of creating babies in Petri dishes. This is his story.
Misconceptions about a new vein of comedyDamian Adams | 21 November 2011 |tags: IVF, sperm donationNot knowing your biological father is hardly a fit topic for Hollywood slapstick.
Are babies prizes or gifts?Margaret Somerville | 18 October 2011 |tags: commercialism, IVF, slaveryA Canadian radio station created world-wide controversy recently when it ran a "win a baby" competition.
The true cost of egg donationMary Rice Hasson | 26 January 2011 |tags: egg donors, exploitation, IVF, womenA pretence of altruism cloaks the mercenary and exploitative reality of this aspect of IVF.
Abortion of twins exposes twisted logicBill Muehlenberg | 11 January 2011 |tags: abortion, IVF, philosophy, sex selectionReaction to a couple's decision to abort twin boys because they wanted a girl has provoked some surprising commentNobel award: misconceivedCarolyn Moynihan | 08 October 2010 |tags: infertility, IVF, Nobel Prize, Robert EdwardsRobert Edwards' IVF technique devalued the human embryo and contributed to infertility.
Orphaned at conceptionMichael Cook | 01 June 2010 |tags: children, IVF, sperm donationIs it high-tech child abuse to rob children of their biological heritage?
Ethics of paying for test-tube babiesMargaret Somerville | 16 September 2009 |tags: fertility, human rights, IVFIf society pays the costs for creating test-tube babies, we also have to accept the ethical responsibility.
Messing with Mother NatureBarbara Kay | 20 July 2009 |tags: IVFThe human species is changing but we're stuck on polar bears
The wrong cure for infertilityBill Muehlenberg | 16 June 2009 |tags: IVFTurning baby-making into a technology can have devastating results.
Sexual insanityBill Muehlenberg | 27 February 2009 |tags: IVF, OctomomA 13-year-old father? A woman with 14 IVF children? We can’t say we were not warned.
Society and artificial reproductionMargaret Somerville | 17 February 2009 |tags: adoption, assisted reproductive technology, IVFShould the state assist with conception where it would not approve an adoption?subscribe donate
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