An experiment conducted at Cambridge University has resulted in the creation of a mouse embryo after using only stem cells, which opens the door to the possibility of one day being able to create human life in a laboratory.
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The last decade has seen a surge in the number of children conceived through gamete donation who are actively searching for their biological parents and other genetic relatives.
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In yet another example of the huge failure of catechesis in America, a recent survey found that only 13 percent of Catholics believe in vitro fertilization (IVF) is morally wrong.
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Poor women desperate for financial assistance are lining up alongside couples longing to conceive in a fertility clinic near New Delhi's whose owner says business is booming.
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In order to avoid the high price of sperm banks, women are turning to the vast underground Web world of free sperm donation, a practice that comes at a low cost, but with very high risks.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The quest for the perfect baby has reached new lows. Instead of falling in love with the right man, getting married and accepting the children God sends, women in pursuit of the perfect child are actually flying to foreign countries in order to be inseminated with the sperm of men who have the traits they desire in their children.
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