In Vitro Fertilization and Genetics: Their effects on Maternal Emotions Alyssa Bartel Rowan College at Gloucester County Author Note Alyssa Bartel‚ Nursing Student‚ Allied Health Department‚ Rowan College at Gloucester County. Contact: abartel@students.rcgc.edu Abstract This paper explores the links between In Vitro Fertilization and Genetics‚ focusing on their effects on maternal emotions. Throughout this paper‚ seven different sources are explored and compared with their views on the
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intact fertilized egg. In 1959‚ Min Chueh Changat‚ Worcester Foundation‚ proved that in vitro fertilization was capable of proceeding to a birth of a live rabbit. Chang’s discovery was seminal‚ as it clearly demonstrated that oocytes fertilized in vitro were capable of developing‚ if transferred into the uterus and thereby produce live young. The first pregnancy achieved through in vitro human fertilization of a human oocyte was reported in The Lancet by the Monash University team in 1973‚ although
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The number of children conceived through in vitro fertilization has doubled over the last decade. The technology that has made these children possible has also challenged inheritance laws‚ especially in circumstances when a child is conceived after the death of a parent. While this may sound bizarre‚ posthumously conceived children can become a quandary for the rich and the not-so-rich alike. The problem is always about money. The rich worry about who will get their assets after they are dead‚ while
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can highlight extreme cases where policy could have been utilized in order to avoid the situation. Such is the case of Natalie Suleman‚ more known as the “Octomom”. Ms. Suleman utilized assistive reproductive technology (ART)‚ in her case‚ in vitro fertilization (IVF) in order to bring to term 8 babies. While it is always the woman’s choice whether or not to undergo procedures like IVF‚ I would recommend nation-wide regulations regarding the number of embryos (one for women under 35) that
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In Vitro Fertilization‚ also known as IVF‚ is a complex series of procedures used to treat fertility or genetic problems and assist with the conception of a child. During IVF‚ mature eggs are collected from the ovaries and fertilized by sperm in a lab. In whole‚ In Vitro Fertilization can be undertaken in an ethical manner that maintains respect for human life. The IVF process involves monitoring and stimulating a woman’s ovulatory process‚ in which you remove an ovum (egg) from the ovaries and let
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Current Status of IVF Many individuals are looking to alternatives in child bearing‚ In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) being one of the most popular. IVF in the United States is a costly procedure. It can cost up to $12‚000 for one attempt and that is not adding the cost of additional attempts should the first one fail. There are individuals who are in debt for $60‚000 in attempting to get pregnant through IVF. Fertility treatments are now a hot commodity‚ especially in the global marketplace
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to genetic enhancements‚ ethical issues happen in the aspects of individuals‚ society and religions. According to Johnson (2009)‚ ‘designer baby’ is defined as the baby whose genetically makeup has been artificially selected through In-vitro Fertilization to ensure the presence and absence of particular genes or characteristic. Johnson (2009) also claimed that genetic screening can reduce the baby’s
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MILLER MOTTE TECHNICAL COLLEGE In-vitro fertilization Bioethical Issues Victoria Turner 2/28/2017 AHS: 1310 Mrs. Harris Issues of Vitro Fertilization Did you know that every year there are thousands if not millions of babies born by In vitro Fertilization? IVF is a very important procedure to some individuals‚ in- vitro fertilization is the only ideal way that some individuals can conceive and did you know that there are many individuals who may have
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TOPIC In-vitro fertilization has become a very successful form of assisted reproduction technology over the last two decades. Many Christians have used in-vitro fertilization to address infertility and add children to their families‚ believing it to be a technology that is sanctioned by God. There are‚ however‚ other Christians who argue that in-vitro fertilization is morally illicit because it creates spare embryos that are discarded before implantation. For others‚ in-vitro fertilization seems
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The Process and Ethics Involving In Vitro Fertilization On July 25‚ 1978 the first successful in vitro fertilization baby was born in Kershaw’s Cottage Hospital in Lancashire England. Louise Brown as she was named brought forth a new hope and era for making babies especially for people who had been diagnosed infertile or sterile. This marked the first time that a human offspring had been created outside the body from the union of an egg and a sperm. The people responsible for this medical breakthrough
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