CRM/LAW C101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Melissa Duck, In Vitro Fertilisation, Artificial Insemination
26 Nov 2016
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Technology and procedures which assist in reproduction or replace natural reproduction, including: fertility testing, preimplantation genetic testing. The ability to test genetic material for defects and diseases in advance: in vitro fertilization; insemination. Retrieve eggs from ovary; sperm sample provided; eggs and sperm combined to allow fertilization; fertilized eggs introduced to womb: egg and sperm donation , embryo adoption or cryopreservation. Cryo = freezing of eggs to delay implantation for later implantation or sale: surrogacy. Mother providing womb in order to gestate the baby (surrogate; person birthing the child) Traditional surrogacy = surrogate gets implanted with father-to-be"s sperm and her own egg (genetically and gestationally related to the baby) = Gestational motherhood = surrogate gets implanted with the fertilized embryo not containing her own genetic material, but that of the parents-to-be. Gestational surrogacy = surrogate gets implanted with neither the father-to-be nor the mother-to-be"s genetic material, but specifically selected sperm and egg that are fertilized in vitro.
