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Most likely you have heard about the problem of “excess embryos” from in vitro fertilization attempts.  The language used in discussing this issue seems to suggest that if only all the embryos were implanted, the problem could be solved.  Such a conclusion ignores two other nasty little secrets of the in vitro fertilization (IVF) industry.

 

A January 2nd LifeSiteNews article covers findings following a UK Parliamentary question on IVF.  Data from a government organization showed that over one million human embryonic children were killed in the UK in the past 14 years as 'waste' embryos from IVF processes.

 

    The acquired data showed that 2,137,924 embryonic humans were created using IVF between 1991 and 2005, but about 1.2m were never used.  Scientists killed the embryos who were not deemed strong enough for implantation, and froze those not considered 'waste' embryos.  Those that survived the freezing process will die in ten years if not implanted.

 

    'Surplus' embryos were created because women responded differently to fertility drugs, doctors told the Times Online. As many as 40 IVF-fertilized eggs can be used in some treatments. The embryos are then assessed for viability, with only about 20% usually considered strong enough to implant successfully in a woman.

 

Wait a minute!  These numbers do not compute.  If only 20% are deemed viable, then 80% are killed before ever reaching the point where the phrase “excess embryo” might get used.  Does this mean in reality that the death toll was over 8 million non-viable embryos, killed to create over 2 million viable ones, of which 1.2 million were not used because deemed excess?  If a total of 2,137, 924 embryos were created, then only about 428,000 would be found strong enough to implant, so it would be difficult to end up with 1.2 million that were never used.

 

Thus, IVF nasty secret number one is the killing of many embryos deemed non-viable that never get counted at all.  IVF nasty secret number two is the pressure for “selective reduction” if too many implanted embryos survive.  Once the prospect of multiple births becomes likely, this pressure gets very strong, as we have covered before.  “Selective reduction” is the emphemism for aborting the babies in utero deemed to be excessive.

 

By definition then, IVF requires the killing of many more embryos than will ever get implanted, beginning with the 80% found to be non-viable for implantation.  Of those deemed healthy enough, more will be threatened with death if too many have the brashness to survive, given that multiple embryos are almost always implanted in an attempt to assure that at least one will survive.  This protocol reflects the poor success rate experienced with IVF, representing more dead embryos along the way.  IVF is a deadly business from beginning to end.

 

Fortunately, there is a more reliable alternative to IVF, called NaProTECHNOLOGY. Learn more through FertilityCare Centers of America

 

Contact: Bill Beckman

Source: Illinois Review

Monday, January 14, 2008

IVF: Deadly Business from Beginning to End