In-Vitro Fertilization - A thought paper

The initial differences between natural fertilization and in vitro fertilization are minimal at best. Embryos are normally created in the uterus of a female after a sporadic chain of events involving the interaction of sperm with eggs. In contract, IVF is very much the same process of sperm/egg interaction but the physician simply chooses what sperm gets to interact with which egg. Within these confines, most major religions and ideologies accept IVF as an acce

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Mass production of embryos made solely for research might put their rights in deep jeopardy. Until the embryo reaches a point of consciousness (not to be mistaken with self-consciousness because some animals exhibit that characteristic and unjustifiably are made to suffer in scientific research), there is really nothing we can do to the embryo which causes harm to it.

On the other hand, I completely understand the other side of this debacle. A possible problem with selective breeding is the possible cheapening of human life. It’s a proposition that has the potential for severe misuse. This is where I see John Singer’s logic most fitting. And hence, why I believe it is moral to discard the embryos that will not be used. The actual process of human creation is still innately natural. Since this guarantees that there will be more than embryo that will form, there is an issue of what to do with the “other” embryos that aren’t deemed fit to be implanted into the uterus of the female. Embryos will no longer be seen as a fragile and rare opportunity to further science (and likewise be treated in a conscientious way); they will run the risk of being viewed as interchangeable parts in a large factory of human body creation. In the 14 days of fertilization, embryos are not susceptible to pain because their cells are undifferentiated. Since in vitro fertilization is expensive, time-consuming, and physically arduous to a female, multiple eggs have to be removed to ensure successful fertilization in the fewest number of procedures. We definitely can’t afford this possible avenue so I believe we must limit our research on “spare” embryos from in vitro fertilization procedures which would have been destroyed anyways.

So in conclusion, while I believe IVF is very beneficial when used to create embryos, it has to be tempered with the utmost care.

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