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S/O Passing on male infertility via ART- ICSI
Old news- but I don't think we have ever discussed it- basically by using ART men who would otherwise not be able to father children are, and could be passing their infertility onto their sons.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26680088/ns/health-pregnancy/t/pass-it-sons-infertile-men-may-be-next/
Re: S/O Passing on male infertility via ART- ICSI
but what is the son doesn't have has good of medical coverage or the disposable income to use the technology?
I see this as subverting natural selection.
But ART in general subverts natural selection. This is true of most medical/health technology advances.
It's interesting. I'd never really thought about passing down infertility, but I don't think I'd be overly concerned. I'm not minimizing at all how devastating infertility is, but a) infertility isn't incompatible with life, b) it's often very treatable (or you can work around it), and c) it's not even a certainty that the children would be infertile.
BFP#1: 01/10, M/C 6w -- BFP#2: 06/10, M/C 5w -- BFP#3: 09/10, DS born June 1, 2011
BFP#4: 07/12, M/C 5w3d -- BFP#5: 12/12, EDD 08/18/13
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I can see how this could be true particularly if the problem was genetic to begin with. But, until additional research comes up with more data and proven certainty, I wouldn't give it too much thought.
I agree with this, but ditto SK (?) isn't all medical intervention subverting natural selection at a point?
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DE IVF #1= 04/11 - BFP
lenebene- that is part of the article-
Basic facts about infertility are fueling scientists' concerns. In women, infertility is most often caused by a physical problem such as blocked fallopian tubes or scar tissue caused by endometriosis, issues that aren't likely to be inherited by their daughters. When IVF was pioneered three decades ago, it solved many of those problems by providing a way to get the sperm and egg together outside the woman.In men, however, it's not so clear cut. Doctors don't know what causes infertility in about half the cases, but think that many men's infertility problems may be rooted in their genes.