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#533 - Matthew Cobb - Should We Genetically Edit Human Life?

Modern Wisdom

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What's Horrible About IVF?

IVF is in vitro fertilization, so they can test you. You have to be filled full of hormones and then stimulate the release of those eggs. All this is incredibly invasive. It's stressful because depending on where you live, I mean, if you're incredibly rich, then you can carry on doing it as long as you can stand it. And if it doesn't work, then the National Health Service won't pay for you to do that anymore. If all being well, you'll produce a non-affected baby. This procedure would be adopted in order not to cure anybody of anything, but to meet their desire to have a healthy baby. There's no right to have a

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