In vitro is not a treatment for infertility. This is simply a procedure of artificial reproduction which does not deal in any way with the causes of the problem, and which leads to "accomplishment of pregnancy" as a consequence of a number of, rather questionable from a medical and moral point of view, actions.
The desire of a kid on the part of a spouse is completely natural. Infertility, whatever its origin and prognosis, is simply a hard test for them. Nearly 20% of couples in Poland conflict with it, or about 1.5 million people. 1 of the most prosaic reasons (not the only ones!) is stress or bad diet, which is to say, in general just incorrect lifestyle. At this point, infertility must be distinguished from infertility, or permanent inability to become parents, among others, as a consequence of harm to sexual organs.
Everything that happens to our body has its causes. All diseases are a informing signal for us – our body tells us “you work”, “you have a bad relation with your loved ones, you get nervous”, “you eat junk food”, etc. This illness is besides infertility, referred to as ‘the 21st century wellness plagiarism’. The spread of infertility besides has its sources. Something has clearly changed in our society over the past decades. Definitely not for the better.
The kid is the most important
Modern man is told "you can be whoever you want" and "you can do whatever you want", which is just a lie. “Being” and “doing” what you want” end in 99% of cases by absorbing what large corporations or another “influents” tell us. Unfortunately, many people have believed in specified "freedom", which besides has consequences in the field of household planning. Natural limitations possible parents want to circumvent utilizing technology – they want effects without reaching the origin of the problem. A kid becomes a non-natural fruit of love, and to any extent, as if it did not sound violently, a ‘laboratory product’ ordered by educators (it is not always the parents, depending on the in vitro technique, the semen may be taken from a abroad man or the pregnancy may be reported by a abroad woman). Completely different functions are performed by nanotechnology – an effective method to monitor and keep procreative wellness in women and men, including treatment of infertility. Of course, it is not useful in cases of permanent infertility, which, however, are far little uncommon than the actual treatment of infertility. In this case, the only option for couples wishing a kid is to adopt or in vitro, with the first solution causing far little controversy and actually helping a surviving child.
Let us emphasize, it would seem alternatively trivial that in the process of procreation the central character is... a child, due to the fact that it is simply a miracle (let us emphasize this word!) of the emergence of a fresh life that is about. The most crucial thing is the welfare of the child, not even the most noble – and the practice of life shows that, however, the more selfish – desire of the spouses. all kid should be accepted as a consequence of the love of parents (for those who believe besides God) and not as something that is “belongs”. all kid has the right to be conceived in a natural way, in a family, with love and for love. It has the right to be expected for itself, not due to the fact that it is intended to service any intent (e.g. satisfying the needs of parents). The kid is simply a individual endowed with “intent” dignity and as specified cannot be wanted as a “object” of the law. Rather, it is simply a ‘subject’ of the law, which means that the conceived kid besides has rights, including to conceive in full respect of the fact that he is simply a person. Parents do not have any “right to a child”.
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Expert eye
W interview with British ‘The Guardian’, expert on fertility Dr. Gedis Grudzinskas stated that we have besides much religion in the medical solutions of this problem.
As he says, “we must halt pretending that the improvement of medicine will let the luxury of delayed household establishment.” "The fertility begins to decline after the age of 28. For any women it happens very quickly, for others it is simply a slow process. The decline speeds up about 35 years old. Even if we were able to foretell the date of menopause and knew precisely how many eggs were left, at this phase we cannot tell what condition these cells are in. Just due to the fact that there is simply a number of them, it does not mean that they are healthy and normal," he stresses.
“In women in their 30 ’ s, 1 in 3 embryos that look average will be genetically defective. He may not nest or have a miscarriage sooner or later. Or Down syndrome will develop. About 40 years old, that's 2 out of 3 embryos, and even worse at 44. In another words, even in the case of a comparatively young, 30-year-old woman, with a appropriate pregnancy, there is never a warrant that the kid will be healthy," Grudzinskas says.
The scientist criticises the “posteracy” of having offspring: “How can we learn about fertility? TV, the Internet, these large pictures of 40-year-old Hollywood women walking around with kids. Everyone assumes that they are genetically their children, but not necessarily so."
She notes that the age erstwhile women have their first kid is slow growing. In many countries it exceeds 30 years (in Poland it is 27 years). "It doesn't seem straight related to how women perceive themselves. And it would be besides easy to say that the planet is full of men who are incapable to form relationships. It is something else," Grudzinskas says. In his opinion, this may be related to improperly located trust in medicine. "Women should not hold the establishment of a family. But to do so, society must change. Women should have adequate time to have a kid without losing opportunities for professional development. At the moment, we see women who tend to deal better at work, acting like men (that is, putting down the birth of a kid or not caring at all). Is that what we want?”
According to Grudzinskas, encouraging early birth should be our main problem: “This truly is simply a problem for society as a whole. In my opinion, the most crucial thing is to pay attention to the limitations of technology."
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Congenital defects, in vitro victims and morality
Parents who do not take into account their natural limitations have tragic consequences. These are multiple birth defects among in vitro children, as well as embryos, the seeds of a fresh life, killed as “unnecessary”.
In a survey involving 51,000 children, including 4,800 in vitro children at the University of California, Los Angeles, the hazard of congenital malformations in the second was found to increase by 25% compared to naturally conceived children. Researchers from Nankin University, on the basis of a review of 46 reports on congenital malformations involving 120 000 children, reported that the hazard of them occurring as a consequence of utilizing an in vitro method and injecting sperm into an egg cell (ICSI) increases by 37%. The technological diary Nature provides data from the Western Australia Reproduction Technology Registry. In vitro children had twice as many congenital defects as an yearly baby (9% versus 4.2%). This includes heart and cardiovascular defects, digestive and abdominal defects, central tense and genitourinal disorders.
Different methods are utilized for artificial insemination. For example, in the extracorporeal fertilization method (FIVET) with embryo transfer, reproductive cells are collected from both women and men (they can besides be collected from ‘donors’), then fertilization is carried out ‘on glass’ – outside the woman’s body. The embryos after fertilization in the tube, after a fewer days, are given a catheter to the uterus where they are to be implanted. And now what is most shocking – the more embryos we get in vitro, the greater the chance of nesting (the overall in vitro efficacy is rather low, it is about 20% – with repeated usage it increases), for this purpose, the earlier the female uses hormonal stimulation of ovulation, which allows respective or respective follicles to grow in 1 cycle (which has serious wellness consequences). Usually, depending on the age of a woman, 2 to 4 embryos are introduced. If more than the desired number of embryos is developed, it is proposed to the couple to ‘selectively reduce embryos’ – to kill selected children in case of multiple pregnancy!
Artificial intrauterine insemination with the semen of a husband or ‘donor’ is yet another in vitro method. In this case, a possible pregnancy may be the consequence of the introduction into the uterus of sperms of a completely alien male... It is equally shocking to usage the body of a non-marital person, as is the case with the alleged ‘substitution’ erstwhile the embryo obtained from the combination of the gamets of parents is implanted into the uterus of another female who acts as a circumstantial ‘incubator’.
Apparently, the Catholic Church has long been against in vitro. John Paul II wrote in the encyclical "Evangelium vitae" of March 25, 1995: "The different techniques of artificial reproduction which seem to service life and are frequently utilized with this intention, in fact make the anticipation of fresh assassinations on life. They are unacceptable from a moral point of view, due to the fact that they separate procreation from the actual human context of a matrimony act, and in addition, utilizing these techniques inactive evidence a advanced percent of failures: this is not so much about the minute of conception as the next phase of embryo improvement exposed to the hazard of imminent death."
However, to reject in vitro you do not request to be a believer. This is simply a procedure that tries to deceive our, full of limitations, nature. If utilizing technology we want to jump over the problems signaled by our body, we can be certain – they sooner or later, 1 way or another, will return.
Adam Szabelak
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