Reproductive system

Reproductive technology is not a genetic shopping list; it is a way for couples to achieve the goal of having a baby. It also gives hope to the woman who though they would never be able to conceive a baby of their own. There are a vast number of advances happening in the reproductive world with medicine. These advances are to benefit the major of society in counting their generation to come. This process isn’t just about deciding what gender or eye color you want your child to have.…

According to Lindsey and Driskill (2013), 10 percent or 6.1 million women in the United States battle infertility. Its main causes are issues related to ovulation, fallopian tubes, uterus, and uterine fibroids. Lindsey and Driskill (2013) want health care professionals to understand the psychological and emotional difficulties that women face with infertility, which is considered a complicated and stressful matter. Lindsey and Driskill (2013) suggest that when it comes to becoming a mother, for…

Is the rise of new birth technologies a revolutionary way to give infertile mothers and/or fathers a way to conceive, or does it simply a new form of slavery where children are commodities of their parents? The new technologies, including surrogacy and in vetro fertilisation (IVF) treatment, aim to provide a way to have biological children or conceive when it was previously difficult or impossible to naturally. However, these new advancements raise the question of where we draw the line between…

It is absolutely astounding the number of people that still believe some of those old wives tales about male fertility. The fact is that those myths are deeply embedded into our culture and we simply assume that they are true. Most men with infertility problems go along with the myths that might ring true. However, it seems like we should dig a little deeper into those myths to get rid of some of the confusion concerning fertility or infertility problems. Men Stay Fertile Into Their Golden…

Conceivement is a major life event in everyone's life, but with that, infertility can bring about social and psychological problems, from the effects on the women and the couple's relationship to the pressures generated from society, ruining the experience for the possible parents to be. Throughout the years, as we evolve, some things tend to never change. People’s perception and comprehension on some topics tend to stay unseen by the public because of the lack of awareness brought to such…

for the lives of his offspring. Germline modification is not currently in practice, but this technology will be possible in the future (“Germline Gene Transfer). Genetically modified embryos have ethical, social, and scientific implications. The reproductive technology at the root of germline modification is called In-vitro fertilization, or IVF. IVF is a technology where infertile women or women who are having trouble becoming pregnant can become pregnant by having her eggs fertilized outside…

the right to have an abortion if they want to. In addition to the debate about abortion, there are also debates going on about conception. In some cases men are sterile and cannot make a women pregnant, and then there are options such as assisted reproductive technologies where you can get sperm from another man and the woman can then get pregnant. Some people think it is ethically incorrect to use techniques such as this,…

Throughout history, mankind has made numerous strides in medicine, mainly in the contraceptive field. In today’s society there are many ways for women who are not able to naturally conceive a child; however, through artificial conception these women can now have a child of their own . In Vitro Fertilization was created in the 1970’s by Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards, to help women who have fertility issues due to a blocked or damaged fallopian tube (Zhu). Since the discovery of In Vitro…

Surrogacy is when a woman carries a child for a couple who cannot conceive or carry a pregnancy to term. In today’s age, surrogacy is mainly agreed upon through a contract, but the idea of surrogacy has been around for centuries and is even talked about in the bible. Surrogacy comes with the ultimate benefit of receiving a child, but there are also many complications that come along with the process. The benefits of surrogacy do not outweigh the complications. There are two main types of…

This perspective argues, according to Johnson and Rhodes, that “Systems are constantly changing, but that these change processes are incremental and are self-correcting when the system gets out of balance (p.11).” Bodkin employs this perspective through by presenting this definition change to readers in order to show how this is an act to maintain balance in society. The act…