Infertility

My 1000 word essay is about infertility and new technologies that will hopefully allow infertile couples to conceive a child. One of my articles took on the question of whether or not these services should be publicly funded. I personally don't think they should be publicly paid for because it's only a small percentage of people that actually need these services. There aren't enough people in need of this service to make it publicly funded. Although I do hope that these services will become less expensive in the years ahead. Most new technologies are very expensive, but then over time their value drops making them less expensive. It is very sad to think that some middle and lower class couples may not have to opportunity to have a child due to the cost of assisted human reproduction technologies, but this is the way our world works unfortunately.

Another article is about the new human reproductive technologies causing major birth defects in the babies. Although the percentages are low, there still is a difference between naturally conceived newborns and newborns created with the help of this technology. But I question the amount of data collected and whether enough research has been done on this subject to make it true. I always tend to question scientists and researchers because their findings are incorrect so frequently. This research is important because it could be the deciding factor in a couple's decision to use human reproductive technologies in order to conceive or not. If a couple knew the chance was high that their child could have a major defect, then they may opt out of using that service. This shows how important scientific research can be to ordinary people.