IVF Three Times More Likely to Cause Genetic Brain Defects

LifeSiteNews ^ | 3/13/06 | Hilary White

[wagglebee]

Evidence is growing that in vitro fertilization causes serious birth defects and genetic anomalies. The most recent study has shown that babies born from IVF have three times the rate of genetic brain disorders. The survey examines nearly all of the 1,105 IVF babies born in Ireland since 1989. The study particularly notes a comparatively high incidence of Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome (BWS) and Angelman Syndrome (AS) at almost three times that of the general population.
 
The study said that although the number of incidents of brain disorders are small, "there are strong circumstantial observations that suggest a cause-and-effect relationship between assisted conception and clinical conditions caused by imprinting mutations."
 
As usual, the authors recommend more research but the Irish study is not the first to find a link. In 2002, scientists from Johns Hopkins and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis examined a national registry of patients with BWS and found that IVF-initiated conception was six times more common with them than in the general population.
 
Although the Irish study’s authors and local IVF doctors say that the findings are unlikely to deter clients from seeking IVF, previous research has shown that a number of IVF procedures have proved to be medically as well as morally problematic.
 
Researchers at the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research in Perth, Australia, published a study in January 2005 showing that babies born through IVF are up to 40% more likely to suffer from birth defects in general.
 
With the addition of amniocentesis testing and improvements of sonogram technology, IVF is leading to a more permissive attitude toward abortion. When defects are detected in an already implanted embryo, abortion is the "treatment" most often recommended.
 
Read Related LifeSiteNews.com coverage:
In Vitro Fertilisation Causes Genetic Abnormalities
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/1998/apr/98040802.html

[wagglebee]

And this is on top of the infanticide that occurs when all of the fertilized embryos are destroyed.

[wagglebee]

Ping.

[Coleus]

and what about the embryos/children who don't make it? those who are implanted and are consumed and dissolved by the mother's immune system, those that are left over after their sibling is born who are frozen in liquid nitrogen?

[Sun]

People need to stop playing God.

As one priest put it, sex without babies and babies without sex.

[nmh]

Amazing how things feeds on itself.

IVF -> increase in brain defects -> increase in abortions.

[nmh]

"People need to stop playing God."

Couldn't agree more.

THAT is sxactly what they are doing, playing God.

[freedumb2003]

Just wait.

The "I need to make another me, no matter what" crowd will be along any time to tell you how wonderful IVF is.

Brain damage for the child? Perfectly acceptable risk.

[nmh]

Wait till cloning humans becomes a reality. Eventually it will. I shudder in horror as I think about all the "mistakes" they will go through till they succeed. That could be the ultimate narcissistic experience.

[VeritatisSplendor]

The "I need to make another me, no matter what" crowd will be along any time to tell you how wonderful IVF is.

I don't think you can dismiss the yearning for a child of one's own flesh as "needing to make another me," no matter what you think of IVF.

Mrs VS

[freedumb2003]

I don't think you can dismiss the yearning for a child of one's own flesh as "needing to make another me," no matter what you think of IVF.

Don't worry, they're here.

[Dianna]

Brain damage for the child? Perfectly acceptable risk.

So we've gone from a miniscule risk to a slightly more than miniscule risk? I'm underwhelmed.

[VeritatisSplendor]

You mean, I'm "them"? I'm opposed to IVF.

Mrs VS

[freedumb2003]

Well, the context of IVF is a sort of entitlement philosophy. I want a baby of my own and therefore I deserve one. Why people spend tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars and risk great health problems (particularly in older women who put off having kids until after their bio clock had expired) just to scratch this itch is beyond me.

Sorry if I misunderstood your post.

[Mr. Silverback]

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[Coleus]

IVF babies at risk of brain defects
New In-Vitro Concern: Contamination May Lead to Bacterial DNA “Embedded” in IVF Kids
Finnish Study finds IVF Increases Risk of Deformity

[Mr. Silverback]

The "I need to make another me, no matter what" crowd will be along any time to tell you how wonderful IVF is.

The stuff people will go through when they could just adopt instead is amazing.

[Mr. Silverback]

I don't think you can dismiss the yearning for a child of one's own flesh as "needing to make another me," no matter what you think of IVF.

No, but one can wonder why someone would pass by kids who need a family in order to poor tens of thousands of dollars into IVF.

[nmh]

"I don't think you can dismiss the yearning for a child of one's own flesh as "needing to make another me," no matter what you think of IVF."

Maybe it's me ... but that sounds a tad selfish to me ... . Then again, if it's not perfect you can always abort it, right?

[nmh]

I misunderstood your position on IVF. SO chalk up my last post to you as dark sarcasm.

Initially I was neutral on IVF. I didn't know much about it. As I learned more I became more opposed to it. If God wanted them to have kids, they'd have them is the way I view it now.

[nmh]

It's ALL about them; not the baby.

A neighbor of ours went through IVF four times. Finally they were successful with two babies. Both babies were very sickly - "failure to thrive". The second time around she handled the "failure to thrive" better. Of course some turn out okay. Even though she finally had her two kids, she was disgusted with herself that she was unable to conceive naturally. Artificial conception appears to have some stigma attached to it.

They were lucky that all was covered by insurance. It was 30K a pop at the time. Her husband worked for Johnson and Johnson and they are fairly family friendly.