Pros And Cons Of In Vitro Fertilization

I became more fascinated with in vitro fertilization after watching the program Little Women L.A. A dwarf couple was wanting to have a child of their own but was having trouble conceiving the natural way so they looked into IVF. After watching the program, I started wondering if two of my friends who want to have a child would benefit from this kind of procedure. After doing some research I discovered there are pros and cons to the procedure. Also, there are a few questions that I do not know where I stand on the issue. Before I had seen the show Little Women L.A., a friend of mine had spoken to me about having another child. She has some health issues that prevents her to be able to carry a baby safely. I told her that if she wanted to that I would be a surrogate for her. Knowing that my tubes were tied we did not know if I was able to carry a child …show more content…
I found a website named CREATEfertility. They had a list of advantages along with a list of disadvantages. The advantages ranged from questions like “Can it help patients who cannot conceive” to “Can it be used to screen for inherited diseases?” Some of the disadvantages are “Can IVF cycle be unsuccessful” to “Can a woman have multiple births?” There are many things to keep in mind when considering in vitro fertilization. While watching Little Women L.A., the woman who was going to try in vitro fertilization was talking to the other women about her decision. One of the other ladies asked if she was going to have genetic testing done. I then discovered that once the eggs are retrieved and fertilized that genetic testing can be done to pick the “healthiest” embryo. In the case of this woman she was going to have the embryo tested for the dwarf gene, if it had it she did not want to use that one. That is when I thought to myself what are the ethics behind this