I have close friends who are a part of the 2.1 million infertile couples in the United States (Fertility 1995). When they started the long and very expensive road of "ART" (Assisted Reproductive Technology), I gave little to no thought about the bioethical issues concerning it. I like most, I was hopeful soon they would have a little one to call there own. They were unsuccessful and have adopted two lovely girls, but looking back what if the would have got pregnant early on what would have happened to the eggs that they had in storage? Or what if they had multiple successfully fertilized eggs in the womb? With the use of fertility drugs the rate of multiples births are on the rise.
The number of multiple births in the United States increased 19% from 1980 to 1994, during this time fertility drugs became a common choice for infertile couples (Mader, 2004). On the surface, there seems to be no problem with parents having triplets, quadruples or more, but we all know that with......

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Title: Bioethical Issues Concerning Fertility Drugs
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