tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post112269223207128669..comments2024-03-26T12:23:35.307-05:00Comments on The Buck Stops Here: In Vitro FertilizationStuart Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731724396708879386noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post-1122914989747866402005-08-01T11:49:00.000-05:002005-08-01T11:49:00.000-05:00Nothing I said depends on "according rights" to fe...Nothing I said depends on "according rights" to fertilized eggs. By example, if I oppose cannabilism or the destruction of a Rembrandt painting, it is not because I am "according rights to dead bodies" or to "inanimate paintings."Stuart Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05731724396708879386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post-1122913807020690172005-08-01T11:30:00.000-05:002005-08-01T11:30:00.000-05:00Raymond,The problem is getting y embryos. Keep in ...Raymond,<BR/>The problem is getting <I>y</I> embryos. <BR/>Keep in mind you are talking about couples who are having problems conceiving for some reason, so the success rate is not usually very high. I have heard that only 30% of attempts have extra embryos left over. That is from a field of maybe 8-10 zygotes on average looking to implant 2-3 embryos.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post-1122890991246596592005-08-01T05:09:00.000-05:002005-08-01T05:09:00.000-05:00I wouldn't count on that, "So what if it interfers...I wouldn't count on that, "So what if it interfers with somebody's chances of having a child, there's always adoption." line of reasoning to convert many people.<BR/><BR/>The basic problem here is simply that according rights to fertilized eggs is quite as irrational as the opposing insanity of refusing to accord rights to viable infants, just because they happen to be in a womb at the moment.<BR/><BR/>Sure, those eggs could grow into people. And acorns could grow into oak trees, but we don't pretend they ARE oak trees.Bretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04640945256355962927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post-1122742655790147972005-07-30T11:57:00.000-05:002005-07-30T11:57:00.000-05:00This is a great, simple idea. Is it feasible? Curr...This is a great, simple idea. Is it feasible? Currently I understand the process as feritlizing <I>x</I> eggs now, implanting <I>y</I> and freezing the rest of the <I>x</I>zygotes; if implantation fails, another <I>y</I> are unfrozen and implanted, and so on. (It's not like you can refrigerate 'em while waiting to see if an implantation takes, so I assume they are frozen.) What would be the difference - in labor, patient costs, etc. - if you only fertilized the quantity <I>y</I> you were about to implant while freezing the remaining sperm and eggs? I would think it could not add much, as technicians would have to fertilize fewer eggs overall and as freezing eggs and sperm separately cannot be more complex than freezing zygotes. (For goodness sake, keep them in the same overall container to avoid mix-ups.)Raymond Woodburyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16716591638767495389noreply@blogger.com