In vitro fertilization has exploded in popularity despite concerns about the commodification of human life. IVF typically involves retrieving eggs from a woman’s ovaries, fertilizing the eggs with sperm, and inserting the resulting embryo into her uterus. Every year, about 2% of American babies are born from this technology.
The New York Times recently ran a piece about embryo screening, a common step in the IVF process, posing the question, “Should human life be optimized?”
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