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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So many embryos don’t make it so many don’t survive the freeze and thaw process. So many don’t implant. They are not children. [/quote]

That’s a reason to view ART with skepticism, not to deny the humanity of these tiny humans.[/quote]

NP here. Speaking as someone who did 5 rounds of IVF, biology does not intend all embryos to become babies. The process is VERY inefficient and even in young, healthy couples, a high percentage of eggs that fertilize and develop enough to become embryos are genetically abnormal and unable to continue development. The rate is around 50% for women under 30 and goes down after that. And even genetically normal embryos only successfully implant and become continued pregnancies 70% of the time, at the very most. They are not only NOT humans, it is IMPOSSIBLE for them to become humans because they are not genetically complete. That's how human reproduction works, and it's a reality that hits you hard when you do IVF. [/quote]

Or maybe biology intended it to be that way, but our bodies don't work as designed all the time anymore.[/quote]

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