I understand that. I don't get the objection to multiple fertilization as long as the parents is planing on having them implanted until they are all born.
Most of the time when you are dealing with female fertility issues you are not going to get that many eggs to fertilize.
In the case of male fertility issues I understand they fertilize only some they don't want to have more then can be reasonably carried to term and the rest are frozen. I will admit I don't know that many people in the industry but the ones I do know are quite careful about making sure that the embryos are not discarded but have every chance to grow and live.
There are other clinics that have no problem killing the babies for whatever reason. They are an entirely different kettle of fish.
It demeans the beginnings of life into a commercial transaction and a lab project.
I understand your feeling but have to disagree. It does not demean any more then having a hospital delivery, which is also a commercial transaction, demeans the birth.
The law has already ruled (in the Maryville case) that the embryos are property: the first time human beings have been considered "property" since the Civil War.
Sadly no. People have been considered property for one reason or another many times since the civil war. We move away from the idea and then backslide rather often.
However, with the other issues, you seem to be saying, "OK, it is demeaning, and it does treat the human embryo as product, a commodity, a form of property, but (shrug) that happens a lot, so...?"
(I'm trying not to exaggerate or misstate your comments, but you do indeed say that sometimes childbirth is accomplished in demeaning circumstances --- and human lives are often reduced to property... and... well?
"It [IVF] does not demean any more then having a hospital delivery, which is also a commercial transaction, demeans the birth"
Paying a midwife or OB/GYN for obstetrical services is not in itself demeaning at all. What would be demeaning, is treating either the birthgiving woman or the baby as an object. An embryo not in vivo is treated as if it were a tissue sample, to be evaluated and, if it fails to satisfy certain quality control criteria, discarded. It can't be denied that zygotes are evaluated and, if suboptimal in any way, disposed of. If this were not so, nobody would do IVF.
"People have been considered property for one reason or another many times since the civil war. We move away from the idea and then backslide rather often."
We can move away from it by moving away from IVF.