1. IndexVocabularyWhat is IVFThe LawStatistics Christianity and Fertility Worries Christian Attitudes to Fertility Treatment Vocabulary The Law What is IVF? Statistics Christianity and Fertility Worries

2. IndexVocabularyWhat is IVFThe LawStatistics Christianity and Fertility Worries Vocabulary (1) Fertilisation The union of sperm and ovum (egg) Insemination To introduce sperm (in)to an ovum (egg) Artificial Insemination Insemination by Artificial means

3. IndexVocabularyWhat is IVFThe LawStatistics Christianity and Fertility Worries Vocabulary (2) IVF AID AIH Artificial Insemination Donor In Vitro Fertilisation Artificial Insemination Husband Test Tube Baby A baby who was conceived by Artificial Insemination ICSI Intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection.

4. IndexVocabularyWhat is IVFThe LawStatistics Christianity and Fertility Worries Vocabulary (3)(advanced) gamete The correct term for either the sperm or the egg zygote The correct term for the fertilised cell

5. IndexVocabularyWhat is IVFThe LawStatistics Christianity and Fertility Worries What is IVF? (1) 1.There are several different techniques, but the main process involves the women taking fertility drugs to help her produce more eggs. 2.The eggs are then harvested and fertilised in the laboratory. 3.The woman is given hormone drugs to prepare her womb to receive the fertilised eggs. 4.The fertilised eggs are placed inside the womb and a normal pregnancy follows. What is IVF (1) What is IVF (2) What is IVF (3)

6. IndexVocabularyWhat is IVFThe LawStatistics Christianity and Fertility Worries What is IVF? (2) What is IVF (1) What is IVF (2) What is IVF (3)

7. IndexVocabularyWhat is IVFThe LawStatistics Christianity and Fertility Worries What is IVF?(3) ICSI c.f.sperm being injected into an egg.c.f. What is IVF (1) What is IVF (2) What is IVF (3)

8. IndexVocabularyWhat is IVFThe LawStatistics Christianity and Fertility Worries The Law 1990 Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act. 1.You are not allowed to place a non-human embryo inside a human. 2.You are not allowed to place a human embryo inside an animal. 3.You are not allowed to place animal sperm or egg inside a human. 4.You are not allowed to keep an embryo after the primitive streak is visible (14 days after fertilisation).

9. IndexVocabularyWhat is IVFThe LawStatistics Christianity and Fertility Worries Statistics (1) The first British test tube baby was Louise Brown, who was born in 1978. IVF was developed in the 1970s. Around 6,000 babies a year are born in the UK to otherwise infertile couples as a result of in vitro fertilisation.

10. IndexVocabularyWhat is IVFThe LawStatistics Christianity and Fertility Worries Statistics (2) Only 18% of IVF treatment is funded by the NHS and waiting times can differ greatly. It can cost up to £2,000 per cycle for a couple to go private. Most couples have three cycles at an average cost of £3,420. (2007) IVF is only successful in 15% of cases and a recent report from the College of Health shows that success rates vary widely across the country.

11. IndexVocabularyWhat is IVFThe LawStatistics Christianity and Fertility Worries Christianity and Fertility Catholics Methodists Generally ‘Against’ Generally ‘For’ More

12. IndexVocabularyWhat is IVFThe LawStatistics Christianity and Fertility Worries Catholics and Fertility Treatment The Roman Catholic Church is opposed to in vitro fertilisation in all instances and advocates that infertility as a call from God to adopt children. It "infringes the child's right to be born of a father and mother known to him and bound to each other by marriage. Also, embryos are discarded in the process, causing them to die. Catholics and many people of other faiths see embryos as human lives with the same rights as all others and, therefore, view this procedure as always unacceptable.* (see teachers’ note under slide)

13. IndexVocabularyWhat is IVFThe LawStatistics Christianity and Fertility Worries Methodists and Fertility Treatment The Methodist Church has supported the scientific judgment that remedies for human infertility, and for certain genetic diseases and handicaps, would be greatly assisted if research on embryos not required for artificial insemination continues to be carried out. However, research should be restricted to the first fourteen days; in addition, embryos should not be brought into being specifically for research purposes.

14. IndexVocabularyWhat is IVFThe LawStatistics Christianity and Fertility Worries A possible drawback is the fact that IVF treatment increases the chance of having multiple births which the couple may not have planned for. 25% of women who undergo fertility treatment give birth to more than one child. This figure is 23% above women who do not have fertility treatment With only a 15% success rate some doctors argue that it can be a traumatic experience to go through repeated IVF attempts, only to find that the woman does not get pregnant.