Patient Selection for in Vitro Fertilization: Physical and Psychological Aspects

1985 ◽  
Vol 442 (1 In Vitro Fert) ◽  
pp. 490-503 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. I. H. JOHNSTON ◽  
K. OKE ◽  
A. SPEIRS ◽  
G. A. CLARKE ◽  
J. McBAIN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
In Vitro Fertilization ◽  
Patient Selection ◽  
Psychological Aspects ◽  
Vitro Fertilization ◽  
Selection For

scholarly journals Is it ever morally permissible to select for deafness in one’s child?

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Mae Wallis
Keyword(s):  
In Vitro Fertilization ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Deaf Child ◽  
Genetic Diagnosis ◽  
Neutral Model ◽  
Vitro Fertilization ◽  
Genetic Deafness ◽  
Genetic Technologies ◽  
Selection For

Abstract As reproductive genetic technologies advance, families have more options to choose what sort of child they want to have. Using preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), for example, allows parents to evaluate several existing embryos before selecting which to implant via in vitro fertilization (IVF). One of the traits PGD can identify is genetic deafness, and hearing embryos are now preferentially selected around the globe using this method. Importantly, some Deaf families desire a deaf child, and PGD–IVF is also an option for them. Selection for genetic deafness, however, encounters widespread disapproval in the hearing community, including mainstream philosophy and bioethics. In this paper I apply Elizabeth Barnes’ value-neutral model of disability as mere-difference to the case of selecting for deafness. I draw on evidence from Deaf Studies and Disability Studies to build an understanding of deafness, the Deaf community, and the circumstances relevant to reproductive choices that may obtain for some Deaf families. Selection for deafness, with deafness understood as mere-difference and valued for its cultural identity, need not necessitate impermissible moral harms. I thus advocate that it is sometimes morally permissible to select for deafness in one’s child.

Failing to Conceive with in Vitro Fertilization: The Middle Eastern Experience

1993 ◽  
Vol 72 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1107-1110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bahman Baluch ◽  
Anne Manyande ◽  
Malek-Mansour Aghssa ◽  
Roshanak Jafari
Keyword(s):  
In Vitro Fertilization ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Infertility Treatment ◽  
Psychological Aspects ◽  
Vitro Fertilization ◽  
Unsuccessful Treatment ◽  
Iranian Patients

This paper examined the psychological aspects of failing to conceive with in vitro fertilization on 14 treated infertile and 14 untreated Iranian patients. Analysis suggests that, although a significant amount of psychological discomfort is associated with being infertile, the fact that patients have endured unsuccessful treatment cycles does not seem to aggravate the situation any further. Perhaps undergoing unsuccessful IVF treatment cycles could be a psychologically positive epilogue in closing the book on infertility treatment.

P002: Soluble CD146, an innovat ive and non-invasive biomarker of embryo selection for in-vitro fertilization

2019 ◽  
Vol 175 ◽  
pp. S7
Author(s):  
S. Bouvier ◽  
O. Paulmyer-Lacroix ◽  
E. Kaspi ◽  
A. Bertaud ◽  
A. Leroyer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
In Vitro Fertilization ◽  
Embryo Selection ◽  
Vitro Fertilization ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Selection For ◽  
Soluble Cd146

scholarly journals Soluble CD146, an innovative and non-invasive biomarker of embryo selection for in vitro fertilization

PLoS ONE ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. e0173724 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvie Bouvier ◽  
Odile Paulmyer-Lacroix ◽  
Nicolas Molinari ◽  
Alexandrine Bertaud ◽  
Marine Paci ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
In Vitro Fertilization ◽  
Embryo Selection ◽  
Vitro Fertilization ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Selection For ◽  
Soluble Cd146
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