Health Alert For IVF Babies

A warning has been issued to couples having in-vitro fertilization (IVF), that their babies have a higher risk of genetic flaws and health problems. The alert has been ordered by the Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority, the Government's watchdog on fertility issues. Couples are being warned that IVF pregnancy increases the risk of birth defects by up to 30 percent. 

A number of studies have already raised concerns over the growing use of the procedure, which accounts for more than 10,000 births in Britain every year. While research published online last month in the Human Reproduction journal found that IVF babies suffer from higher rates of birth defects than those conceived naturally.  The scientists from the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta looked at more than 13,500 births and a further 5,000 cases using data from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study.

Infertile couples will have to balance their desire for a child against the concerns that IVF methods could lead to life-threatening defects or long-term disabilities.

God forbid that society treats children as a gift from God, to be created, rather than manufactured by science in a laboratory. And  God forbid, that society would recognize that their are some gifts God does not give, always for a reason.  

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