Tag: IVF

Human embryo shaped like an adorable baby floating among stars and cosmic dust, symbolizing fetus development, womb, gestation, amniotic life, and pregnancy in the universe

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 5, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Tagged
, anthropomorphizing, artificial gestation, Cell Press, China, egg, embryo, embryonic stem cell research, embryos, fetus, human embryos, IVF, miscarriages, MIT Technology Review:, organoids, pregnancy, Spain, Stem Cell Research, unborn children, United Kingdom, United States, uterine lining, uterus, Vermont, women}

How Far Will Experiments on the Unborn Go?

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 5, 2026

Bioethics, Ethics

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We have been told by some bioethicists that a born baby is no different morally than a fetus, so why stop there? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 8, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Medicine
Tagged
, bioethics, children, Christof Koch, conception, Denyse O'Leary, human beings, in vitro fertilization, IVF, Michael Shermer, organ donors, persons, Piers Morgan, Roman Catholicism, soldiers, The Immortal Mind}

A Disagreement with Shermer on the Ethics of IVF

_{Michael Egnor
July 8, 2025

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Medicine

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It is quite possible to seek good ends (children) by bad means (their industrial manufacture). These are very real concerns. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 9, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Medicine
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, death, doctors, egg, embryos, fetuses, human beings, human rights, ideology, in vitro fertilization, IVF, Judeo-Christian tradition, newborns, personhood, petri dish, pregnancy, right to life, sentience, sperm, Steven Novella, womb, Yale University}

The Humanity and Personhood of an Embryo

_{Michael Egnor
March 9, 2024

Bioethics, Biology, Medicine, Reproductive Science

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A sperm and an egg separately constitute a potential human. But when they unite, the result is a human being from the moment of fertilization. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 8, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Medicine
Tagged
, American history, children, courts, deaths, embryos, IVF, law, legislators, parents, Steven Novella, Yale University}

Are IVF Human Embryos “Children”?

_{Michael Egnor
March 8, 2024

Bioethics, Ethics, Medicine

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Recently, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that human embryos accidentally killed in an IVF clinic mishap are considered children under Alabama law. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 3, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Medicine
Tagged
, Brooklyn, California, children, fertility, gestation, health insurance, IVF, males, medicine, New York City, pathology, The Guardian, transgenderism, uterus}

Why We Will Never Control Medical Costs

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 3, 2022

Bioethics, Biology, Medicine

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The purposes of medicine are expanding rapidly beyond treating actual illnesses/injuries and promoting wellness. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 13, 2019

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, birth, CRISPR, development, embryo, fallopian tube, fertilization, health, IVF, London, pregnancy, quality control}

The Vanity of Big Fertility

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 13, 2019

Medicine

3}

This technique was designed solely to benefit the mothers, not the baby. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 30, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, Aldous Huxley, babies, biotech, Brave New World, China, dehumanization, Dubai, embryos, eugenics, FDA, gametes, genetic engineering, germline, gestational carriers, He Jiankui, IVF, Politicians, procreation, regulation, Stanford University, William Hurlbut}

Don’t Let Profiteers Control Human Genetic Engineering

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 30, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine, Technology

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Aldous Huxley wrote Brave New World as a dire warning. But we aren’t paying heed. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 4, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Medicine
Tagged
, __nedited, abortion, biotechnology, chromosomes, cloning, fetus, Frankenstein, genetic material, gestation, human cloning, human life, IVF, mitochondria, mitochondrial DNA, UK Parliament, United Kingdom, zygote}

First State-Sanctioned Three-Parent Babies to be Born

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 4, 2018

Bioethics, Life Sciences, Medicine

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The children could have serious health consequences — either early or later in life — having been generated, after all, from two broken eggs. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 19, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Life Sciences
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, birth, Daily Mail, embryo, IVF, mother}

After 24 Years as a Frozen Embryo, a Baby Is Born

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 19, 2017

Bioethics, Biology, Life Sciences, Medicine

2}

I think this story should affect the way we look at the moral value of frozen IVF embryos. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 4, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Bill Nye, embryos, IVF, Oskar Schindler, The Stream, Wesley J. Smith}

“Extra People” — Now Turned into Jewelry

_{David Klinghoffer
May 4, 2017

Bioethics, Evolution, Life Sciences

2}

Our friends at The Stream were kind enough to adapt some of what I’ve written here on Bill Nye, Oskar Schindler, and the notion of “extra people.” Read More ›