One Sweet DreamSoon we'll be away from here.(Untitled)- February 6, 2005 Eggs Are People, Too Interesting story on Salon, "Clump of cells or 'microscopic American'" In in vitro fertilization, a woman is given a drug that causes her to produce many eggsa during ovulation. Then, during voulation, she has several eggs removed from her ovary, which are then combined in a test tube with her partner's (or a donor's) sperm. This shotgun approach can result in many fertized embryos, some of which are inserted back into the woman in the hope of a successful pregnancy....http://blogs.salon.com/0003800/2005/02/06.html#a88 |