Reproductive Technology

Over the last 50 years alone we have come a long way for when it comes to creating a family. When it comes to raising a family, it seems like people have had more of an open mind on this subject. All of this new reproductive technologies has not only allowed people to have the family that they have always dreamed of, but it also allowed for people to gain a whole new perspective on life. From using a surrogate to freezing embryos, the thing that matter most is that people are happy with the family that they are given. I would say that the reason that I decided to pick this topic to do my anthropology paper on is because I am curious to the many different ways that people are now able to start a family either on their own or with the person that they love. These new technologies have not only for people for what to have kids but don’t want to be married. This is now a way for people who can’t have kids to …show more content…
There is many reason to as why a woman would decide to freeze her eggs one of the biggest is because she has a form of cancer and the treatment would destroy her chance of having kids, so she freezes some so that you could have kids after she complete her treatment. To be able to freeze eggs it is similar to doing IVF the female must give herself daily hormone injections for two weeks. After the eggs are retrieved by a doctor while she in deep sleep and the eggs are frozen. At some point they will be un-thawed and fertilized by a sperm from either her husband or a donor. When it comes to freezing embryos it is very similar to freezing eggs. The only main difference is that the embryo has been fertilized with sperm before it is frozen. Since freezing embryos has been around longer than freezing eggs there is more data on it and with freezing embryos there is up to a 50 percent chance of success and any of the embryos can be used at any time, it is not just a one time