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IVF - your thoughts?
Do you think that, on any level, IVF treatment is wrong or unethical?
I have a little cousin, aged 7, was born by IVF so personally I'm two thumbs up. =D For any Christians, does your religion effect your opinion of it? |
What is IVF?? Invitro fertilization??
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I imagine a bit debate might stir from this, but we'll wait and see eh? ^^
I personally don't have a problem with it. While I would ultimately prefer to be pregnant and carry my child to term the "old-fashioned way", sometimes it's just not possible. There are so many dysfunctions to the whole process at times with partners. Sometimes you need a helping hand. I don't think it's "wrong" to want a baby, provided it's not done in a way that hurts the child or someone else. |
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There definitely nothing wrong with IFV. Some people don't feel like their life is complete unless they have a child of their own. If that's what they want-go ahead.
I personally would prefer if people adopted children, but, as I said, some people don't feel like their life is complete until they have a child of their own. |
Hmmm I think it's completely up to the person to use it, personally I wouldn't use it.. since the whole process just grosses me out I'll adopt and that is that... XDDD or go somewhere else while the baby is giving birth x___x but most likely I want to adopt on my own
There's nothing wrong or bad with it, people should be free to used if required |
Hmmm. IVF.
Interesting discussion. :) Personally, I'm all for it. If a couple want a child that badly, (can't have one the conventional way,) and have the means to pay for it: go right ahead. It is still a baby. Just because its IVF-produced doesn't make it non-human. |
I'm all for it. I see nothing wrong with it since the person I know that was born that way seems no different than most people.
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I really don't care either way. If people want to have children that way, go right ahead. I, personally, probably wouldn't do it because I would much rather adopt a child but that could change in the future. Maybe one day I'll want children of my own but find out I can't do it the conventional way. Doesn't make the child any less mine if I do chose to do IVF.
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ok..first off i am a christian..and i am a scientist..even have a bachlors to prove it..so i am always questioning things with both backgrounds..when it comes to science advancements like invitro fertilization i think that god is responsible in the end..god made people with the power to learn such advancements to help better peoples lives in my opinion..for the people that truely want familys but now that we are having them so much later in life unlike biblical times and even 20-40 years ago..well now that we are having kids much later..its becoming harder to do so..so i think its an adaptation given to us by higher powers..so i think personally its ok to do so...for people who believe that they should only have children the old fashion way i ask you this..what about adoption..that isnt the old fashion way..are you against that as well?
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One of my friends is amongst the first Robert Winston babies, or so she says, or something like that. The memory's fuzzy. x3;
I'm all for it. I understand there *are* some higher risks 'cause the egg is taken out and the sperm are selected by scientists and therefore not necessarily the strongest but I bet they do their best anyway... The only thing I'm a little uppity over is the thought of CHOSING whether you have a boy or girl. Or taking things to an even greater extreme with looks and such, when it's possible... I don't really know WHY it narks me off (I don't really consider humanity all that big in terms of the world, the galaxy, the universe, the possible multi-verse, so if people want to decide what their baby's going to be like it doesn't REALLY matter), but on a more day-to-day level it's too... commercialised? I don't like that. |
I believe that IVf is perfectly fine if one can not have children or even for same sex relationships. I know there are some cases that disturb me with this. For example, a woman who is perfectly able to conceive a child with her chosen partner but they decide that they want better genes or something along those lines. The woman then goes to the sperm bank, trying to get better sperm then her husband and thus better genes for their child. It just makes me think in that particular case that they only want a child if he/she is smart, and good looking.
In my humble opinion all children deserve love and devotion no matter how they are born or conceived. This is one of the reasons my finance' and I strongly value adoption. We wish to adopt at least one child once we can handle it financially. |
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I'm for it, but there are a few things that I am against it being used for: So the man or woman can choose the sex of their child. That is something that I dont' believe a couple should be able to choose. They should love their baby regardless of what sex it is, and not get to choose, because there really is always a chance that it isn't going to be the sex it was suppose to be and then what? They wont like the kid.. To give their baby better genes. I mean sure everyone wants their child to be good looking, talented, healthy etc.. But picking out someone elses sperm aside from that of your husband just so that you have a higher chance of having the perfect kid is wrong. If you need to get pregnant this way you shouhld be doing this with your partner and not just using what sperm suits you. If the couple is older. Yes, I'm talking about those women in their 40's giving birth. Now I don't have a problem with older first time mothers, my own grandmother didn't give birth to her only son my dad until she was 42, got married at age 40... so yeah, but they did it naturally. If you need to do it with the help of a doctor, and not the old fashioned way, well that's mother natures way of saying times up for you. And I do believe in that. Now of course if you're a healthy couple that are just having some difficulty you're in the age range where you should not be having any problems to get pregnant, then Im all for it. Its a great way to help out couples. Personally I doubt if I would get it done, I'd probably adopt. My mother was adopted, there are plenty of children out there already that need good homes. |
Flink has nothing against it, at all.
Some people who really want and really deserve children can't have them. IVF is one of the many ways they can get the child they so desire. While Flink would prefer people adopt, she's done some research and knows how horribly drawn out and difficult it is to adopt a child. They practically make families jump through flaming hoops before they let them even start the official process of adopting. So Flink can understand why some people would want to turn to IVF to have a child. And she does not think there's anything wrong with that. To her, most of the people who HAVE to resort to IFV or adopting are the ones who deserve children and should have the ability. Unlike some people who have the ability to have multile children, but are completely unfit parents. |
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i think its alright. if you cant get pregnant the old fashioned way, i dont see why we should deny them the right
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I don't have a problem with it... I don't really see why I should. Of course, there's adoption, but for those who wish to bear their own blood and genes and have a biological child - or for homosexual couples, who have no other way of having a biological child anyway - it's perfectly acceptable, I see no problem or downside to it. I also support research using the remaining embryos, rather than discarding them, if that research is beneficial to the public.
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I have no problem with it and find it to be one of those things that is up to the person and not to the world. I think people against it, like to think they are helping but in fact just enforcing their opinion on those who may not agree with them. I find no problem with it and find it another good advancement in science.
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Why shouldn't you be able to choose if you have a boy or a girl though?
I really really really want a boy first for an older sibling to a little girl. If I couldn't have children, why not choose the boy first and then the girl second? You have no idea what that child would have turned out like if you choose to not pick or reversed the order. |
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It just seems to me that in countries or cultures where one gender is preferable to the other (usually boys) it could pose a problem. So, morally, I'd say that's a slightly different issue. |
I don't have a problem with IVF. I also know several Christian families that have conceived children that way so I'm not entirely sure why Christians were being targeted in the first post... :?
I also agree with what aphrodite_remix said about the trouble with being able to select teh child's gender. It would be terrible if something went wrong and the parents harbored some sort of disapointment or resentment towards their child for being the "wrong" gender. I'm not saying that they should completely do away with the option of choosing the baby's gender. However, it should be completely explained to and understood by the parents that there are no guarantees. |
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