... beneficial in many ways, including assisting in the diagnosis of fertility problems and the eradication of diseases (Fisher, 1989, p. 194). It is these breakthroughs that can help to improve the quality of life for future generations of people. IVF was created so that infertile couples would have the opportunity to reproduce, in cases where it was not possible for them to do so naturally. In the IVF process, gametes are taken from the couple involved, and mixed in-vitro, or in glass (Fisher, 1989, p. 22). Multiple embryos are created, even when a couple wishes to have only one child, to increase the chance of successful implantation (many attempts at implanting the embryos may be required before the woman becomes pregnant). Some couples may become pregnant on the first attempt, for others it may never happen. It is this process that results in there being spare embryos. These leftover embryo's ...

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