The IVF industry is powered by photographs of beautiful babies held by proud parents, and being childless is so traumatic for many that almost any cost can seem worth paying. Now these fears are confirmed in a damning IVF report by the Centre for Bioethics and Public Policy published. Critics of this decision may be forced to think again. Superbly indexed - easy to find your way around. Full text of The Genetic Revolution - by Dr Patrick Dixon also on this site.
Infertility is common and distressing.
One in six of all couples seek medical help because of childlessness, and one in twenty will never have a child despite all that medicine can offer. Thus it entangles the emotional and physical lives of tens of thousands of people every year, affecting their sex lives, causing tension in relationships, creating guilt, embarrassment and feelings of shame or inadequacy. This chronic and sometimes silent infection is often caused by ly transmitted organisms such as gonorrhoea or chlamydia which can damage the fallopian tubes. Other causes include infection from abortion, contraceptive coils or giving birth. The alternative is IVF where the ovaries are simulated, eggs are collected through an endoscope, fertilised, cultivated and replaced.