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Biology Reproductive Miracles

STS Connections-Reproductive Technology

The driving force in today's world is technology; it has opened the doors of opportunity and allows us to do many things that were once conceived imaginable. In-vitro fertilization, fertility drugs, artificial insemination, contraception and surrogacy are just some of the major technological and medical breakthroughs that occurred in today's world. With the power of technology comes the great responsibility of monitoring it. Where do we draw the line between morally right and wrong? How long is it going to be till we are all expected to live till 100 years old? Technology has revolutionized human production. It allows us the option of making our children in Petrie dishes or your own child could be born from your mother's womb. Whether we like it or not the world is becoming technological advanced, the procedures for the advancement of human production is being revolutionized as we speak. As for infertility well no one wants to be told no, no you can't have children so everyday people like me and you resort to such drastic measures. You decided is it hindering mankind or is technology benefiting the world.

In-vitro fertilization, the technique in which egg cells are fertilized by sperm outside the woman's womb. When a woman can't result to a normal conception they can turn to in-vitro fertilization. The process of in-vitro fertilization is a long process that proceeds to be very costly. The procedure starts off with Treatment cycles; a treatment cycle is a short period of time (on average 10 days) where gonadatropins (follicle stimulating hormones) are injected daily into the woman. These treatment cycles tend to start on the 3rd day of her menstruation. Although the woman must be monitored very closely to make sure that the gonadatropin injected is properly stimulating the follicles in the ovaries and allowing for growth and maturation to occur, this is called ovarian stimulation. After the follicles in the ovaries...