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Unit 9 SAQ 9.12 AMSCO AP European History - Withrow

Use the passage below to answer all parts of the question that follows.

Source 1

"Today is my 40th birthday. Like most people, I would probably rather keep that fact to myself.

But, around the world, the celebration of my birthday will also see celebrations that mark the 40th anniversary of IVF in vitro fertilization] - the procedure that led to my birth.

New research released last month claims there have been eight million people born through IVF since its invention. An exhibition at the Science Museum, London, talks of six million-nobody is really sure of the exact numbers as there are babies being born every day now through assisted reproductive techniques.

When I was born, Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards, the two men who came up with the technique, suggested my middle name be Joy. They said my birth would bring joy to so many people....

My mum, Lesley Brown, went to the doctor suffering from depression. At the heart of it was her inability to have a child with my dad, John. When they heard about this experiment it gave them hope. Even though it had never worked before it was something to cling on to—and happily led to me being born....

Forty years on, other scientists are pushing the boundaries, embryologists are inventing new techniques and moral questions are still being raised."

Louise Brown, The Independent (British newspaper), July 25, 2018

Question 1

Short answer

Describe how ONE word or phrase indicates Brown's point of view about the procedure of invitro fertilization.

Question 2

Short answer

Describe ONE other procedure or technology that raised similar moral questions to the ones referred to in the passage.

Question 3

Short answer

Explain ONE reason for the moral concerns referred to in the passage.

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