IVF Argumentative

In vitro fertilization is a process where a couple donates their sperm and egg to a lab who then optimizes the fertilization process and then inserts the embryos back into the woman in hopes of achieving pregnancy. Couples will typically decide to do this when they are infertile but still would like to a have a child of their own. There are other options out there, chiefly adoption, but this procedure is not immoral. Anti-IVF people can have claims against the procedure, but many of those claims are only viable prima façade as many of those arguments are sentimental. Generally, IVF is not immoral since it a legal medical procedure that give infertile couples the opportunity to have their own child. IVF is a decision both parties have to willingly

Many fear that the Earth will become overpopulated one day in the near future. Those in opposition of IVF could argue that the time begin spent improving IVF and the money used for R&D for it could be allocated better. There are enough resources for most people on earth to enjoy luxuries daily and some of them have extreme luxuries and resources. The world is uncomfortable with the idea of more people populating because that would mean more resources would be taken away for those who are more fortunate than others. The projections for the world's capacity is a fluid number because it can always change as noted by the early projection, prehistoric hunter-gather era, was 100 million yet we have surpassed that to 7.5 billion people currently. As more technology is developed humans will continue to expand past the “natural” limits of the Earth. However, it would be naïve to think that this could go on forever. There is only one place that we know we can inhabit and once space becomes an issue then how can anyone justify supporting a study that creates more people ? This argument is in sound opposition to IVF because it is not an argument built on overtones and posses a concrete premise . Also, the concern cannot be dismissed with antidotal evidence as we have not yet reached a point where the Earth physically cannot support anymore people. However, the world is not in an ideal state and the premise of that argument, is spending money on IVF justifiable, calls for a world without follies. There are many things that are done on Earth inefficiently like families and individuals in destitution while some waste food daily. There are people who drive expensive vehicles while others have to walk long distances for a job they need to support themselves and whoever else requires them to work. The point is that there are other things in the world that are being done ineffectively and