Advantages Of In Vitro Fertilization

In vitro fertilization is a form of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) and is commonly referred to as IVF. The history of IVF is relatively short; the first baby to be born using this practice was in Cambridge, England in 1978, and soon after another baby was born in India the same year. Finally, in 1981, the first IVF baby was born in the United States and the live birth rate continues to grow. These babies being carried throughout the IVF process were eventually known as “test-tube babies”. In vitro translates to “in glass” referring to the glass laboratory containers in which an in vitro fertilization (IVF) occurs. IVF is usually used by infertile women. It first starts out with a woman 's egg that is then fertilized by sperm in a laboratory dish. “One or more fertilized eggs (embryos) are then transferred into the woman’s uterus, where it is hoped they will implant and produce a pregnancy” (Vasquez - see Appendix I1). Going through with in vitro fertilization over having a regular pregnancy is a chance women have to take because they’re infertile, but there are …show more content…
It gives a chance for gay, lesbian or completely infertile couples to have a child. Genetic testing can diagnosis or screen for potential possibilities in children that may have some form of abnormalities later in life. According to some critics, IVF could be considered ethically wrong, though many more view it as a godsend. As for as cryopreservation, its capability to freeze embryos for later use and success rate is astounding. The success rate using IVF is continuously rising with no decline, and this shows a positive aspect in the future to come for overcoming several other inabilities of enabling pregnancy. Creating a child outside a woman’s body may be a different conception of birth, and in the past would had never been known as plausible. Now in the future, people from all over the world may use IVF as a technique in achieving