Reproductive technology

IVF is a process when a baby is scientifically formed. IVF helps people like heterosexual couples; same sex couples and single women to have their own baby. Many different people have different opinions on IVF were it is a positive or a negative treatment to have. IVF is a legal treatment in Australia and other countries however it is illegal in many other countries as well. IVF is a very risky treatment and there are many other alternate solutions instead of it. IVF is a process when a baby…

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…

The male reproductive system can be divided into three subdivisions: spermatogenesis, performance of the male sexual act, and regulation of reproductive hormones. The reproductive system consists of the penis, testis, epididymis, and vas deferens (Figure 2). The testis are composed of approximately 900 coiled seminiferous tubules where the spermatozoa…

In the United Kingdom, like other countries in the world, there are a number of men and woman who desire to have children. Although many desire to have children, there are some who are incapable of producing offspring because they are single and do not want to be sexually active outside of a relationship, or because their choice of sexual orientation does not biologically allow them. The article “Single Men Will Get the Right to Start a Family Under New Definition of Infertility” is discussing…

Many women who are looking to conceive but have a few dilemmas will turn to sperm donation and artificial insemination.You might choose a sperm donor to help when unable to conceive such as a woman who doesn 't have a male partner or a couple experiencing male infertility. Like many things, there are both beneficial and unbeneficial outcomes to sperm donors. Some benefits being that it will help mothers trying to conceive and same sex couples along with the men and women who are serving in our…

He was an Australian M.D. who specialized in obstetrics and gynecology and was one of the first to pioneer the process of IVF. Wood had an interest in making gynecologic procedures more pleasant for women who had endured difficulties with their reproductive systems. Wood had studied gynecological medicine at Melbourne University in Australia. He also conducted research in London and the U.S. He invented the method of using frozen embryos and also pioneered the use of fertility drugs for the…

Donating eggs purely for the monetary compensation furthers the objectification of women and normalizes the portrayal of women as objects whose sole purpose is reproductive capacity. Using one’s body for financial gain, despite known and unknown consequences, only reinforces the idea that a woman’s worth is defined by her ability to reproduce and her willingness to comply with society’s “eggspectations” when it comes…