Educational Resource
Assisted Reproductive Technologies Are Anti-Woman by Marie Anderson and John Bruchalski (2004)
Assisted Reproductive Technologies Are Anti-Woman by Marie Anderson, M.D., FACOG and John Bruchalski, M.D. (2004)
“Assisted reproductive technologies” (ART) broadly includes any therapy directed towards improving the chances of conception for an infertile couple. In 1978 one form of this technology made its debut when Louise Brown was born after her mother underwent IVF (in vitro fertilization). At the time, the scientific world marveled at man’s accomplishment in creating the first “test tube baby.” Now it seems more as if we have opened Pandora’s Box.
Initially it sounded simple to mix sperm and an egg in a Petri dish, but we now know it is far from simple. Many of the procedures are questionable, and many of the drugs used in these procedures put women’s health and lives in jeopardy. Without long-term studies, the risks to women and their children are unknown.