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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 248337" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>I certainly don't think they should make it any more difficult or any more expensive for people to get in vitro treatments, if it's done responsibly. For some people, it's the only option if they want to have a child. My own daughter tried to conceive for three and a half years, only to find out that both of her fallopian tubes were completely blocked. Thankfully, her doctor was able to clear one side surgically and she is now expeciting her first child in late May - at age 33. Had they not been able to correct the problem surgically, her only option would have been in vitro. They certainly wouldn't have wanted a 'litter' - they are deliriously happy just to be having ONE!</p><p> </p><p>But certainly ethics have to come in to it too, and the conscience of the doctor. There should be strict limits on how many embryos are implanted. I understand that there are in some European countries and it should be that way here too, and some sort of screening process. And no doctor should be performing this procedure on someone whose mental stability is in question or someone who has no resources to support and care for the resulting child or children. And it surely should NOT be done at taxpayer expense! In vitro is EXTREMELY expensive, around $12,000 per attempt. This woman with the eight newborns would have been a lot better off to take that money and start college funds for the six children that she already had!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 248337, member: 1883"] I certainly don't think they should make it any more difficult or any more expensive for people to get in vitro treatments, if it's done responsibly. For some people, it's the only option if they want to have a child. My own daughter tried to conceive for three and a half years, only to find out that both of her fallopian tubes were completely blocked. Thankfully, her doctor was able to clear one side surgically and she is now expeciting her first child in late May - at age 33. Had they not been able to correct the problem surgically, her only option would have been in vitro. They certainly wouldn't have wanted a 'litter' - they are deliriously happy just to be having ONE! But certainly ethics have to come in to it too, and the conscience of the doctor. There should be strict limits on how many embryos are implanted. I understand that there are in some European countries and it should be that way here too, and some sort of screening process. And no doctor should be performing this procedure on someone whose mental stability is in question or someone who has no resources to support and care for the resulting child or children. And it surely should NOT be done at taxpayer expense! In vitro is EXTREMELY expensive, around $12,000 per attempt. This woman with the eight newborns would have been a lot better off to take that money and start college funds for the six children that she already had! [/QUOTE]
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