Attitudes Towards Test Tube Babies

Attitudes towards Test Tube Babies pic Name of Student Yuhan Huang (Sheley) AE teacher Michelle Crockford AE Class February 4 Abstract The objective of this encompass is to present the attitudes and ideas sh ared by International command Services Limited (IES) students and students from the university of Queensland (UQ) in sexual intercourse to their acquaintance and individualised opinions concerning Invitro fertilization The survey used data imperturbable from masculine and female students surrounded by the ages of 15 and 30 living in the State of Queensland.The participants were shewn 20 questions to answer in privacy and without some(prenominal) degree of pressure. The questions equald to their personal details and to the IVF program in particular. The catch of the investigation was to gather an overall point of view as to whether IVF was indeed seen as an accepted type of program among this age group. In shoemakers last it is reasonable to think that another surv ey with an older more go through age group would more likely give a re juvenileal in results. Because this selected age group were students, their knowledge and experience directly with IVF was bound.However, it is consequential to recoginse the opinions of youth as they are the future generation of adults. Introduction In recent years, babies conceived through in-vitro fertilization (IVF) work been a topic of object lesson discussion around the world. This form of reproduction is not considered a inbred and acceptable way of giving family in some throngs eyes. M each infertile couples in particular, rely on this new technology since it resigns them the choice of having their kid using this method. In-vitro fertilization is defined by, a process by which egg cells are fertilised by sperm distant the womb (Papanikolaou et al. 006). The definition of a block out tubing baby is cardinal which is the result of a female ovary or egg having been fertilised with a male sperm inside a test tube, the resulting impregnated egg is implanted in the uterus of a female, growing into a foetus and developing baby by the time of birth. (Muffin, 2007). According to Walsh (2008), three million test tube babies have been born throughout the world in this way so distant, and this number continues to increase at a rate of eleven special K each year.In 1978, the worlds eldest successful test-tube baby, Louise Brown, was born in Great Britain. The baby girl weighed quintette-pound 12- ounces and was delivered early via Caesarean section. The process had been a success this process proved Dr. Steptoe and Dr. Edwards had accomplished the first of m whatever test tube babies (Rosenberg, 1970). In Australia, the first test tube baby, Candice Elizabeth Reed, was born in 1980 (Screen Australia, 1982). Infertility afflicts thousands of married couples feeling frustration at being childless.In India, there is an infertility clinic which provides moral, emotional and the r oughly advanced adept support for couples wishing to solve their fertility issues. However, the religion of Islam is totally against IVF and has been criminalise by the by Islamic Fiqh Council (1986). In addition, they thought that in-vitro fertilization was vile because it could result in confusion with regard to parentage (Islamic Perspective, 2007). Prior to the birth of the first test tube babies such(prenominal) as Louise Brown, people world-wide were hesitant to use this method thinking that there could be risks compound.However, in time the health and well being of those babies born through IVF programs have proven to the world that this method is indeed safe. Hence the fears have more or less disappeared. However, many people still have many misconceptions about a test tube baby and some countries do not allow the manu eventuring of test tube babies. If a baby lot be created in a test tube, then infertile couples stand a split chance of having a family then by other means. The aim of this report is to examine the attitudes of people towards the adoption of in vitro-fertilization.This paper will first discus the methodology and select the survey question from this investigate, then a summary of the questionnaire results will be introduced, followed by a discussion, conclusion and recommendations. order In this report, quantitative methodology was chosen for this research. Because of the complexities associated with unstructured interview technique and time constraints. A questionnaire was designed to examine the different opinions of International Education Services Limited (IES) and University of Queensland (UQ) students attitude towards the adoption of in vitro-fertilization (refer Appendix A).The chief(prenominal) types of questions asked included those about personal details and personal experiences together with questions on peoples points of view about invitro fertilization. There were 30 students who were all volunteers. 10 out of pa rticipants were male and 20 of them were female. The students were chosen indiscriminately from state library and UQ library all full time students between the ages of 15 to 30. Religion, political affiliation and socio-economic status were considered unimportant. Confidentiality was ensured by not recording names.Questionnaires were completed by students and the data was then collated and analysed. The questionnaire was limited by the fact that many of the participants were too upstart to have had any real personal experience in spreading with IVF, however some were able to relate to friends or family who had used the IVF program successfully. Some of the participants only vaguely knew any of factual or historical knowledge about IVF. The interest that the questionnaire generated among participants and their in force(p) and forthright answers proved to be a bonus as far as the questionnaire was touch on.Interpretation of Results Questions 1 and 2 were basic and asked about pe rsonal knowledge of in vitro-fertilization (IVF) and test-tube babies. The participants generally have heard about IVF. There are about 83. 3% students know about this topic as flush toilet be seen in the results, the ridiculous thing is that there are five students who have never heard of IVF, but one of them knew the process involved in making a test-tube baby. Questions 3 to 13 were probing and in-depth in order to obtain the participants sincere and knowledgeable reaction to each question.It was rewarding to see that so many agreed with the IVF program and its aims and benefits. In addition, a high percentage of participants were neutral about many of these questions. This could have meant that they really didnt know a great deal about IVF or werent sure of the answer. Questions 14 through to 19 extended the questioning into the sphere of disposal funding. Here 70% of males and 80% of females believed that the Government should provide funding for the IVF program. 6 months to 1 year in Question 18 seems a short time time for most to choose, however this would reflect the experience of the participants.The respondents were generally concerned about this topical issue and its bearing on modern society. They all saw the despotic outcome where couples could become happy and have a baby of their own. They concerned themselves with the possibility of defective babies being born. Their eagerness to be involved in the questionnaire showed the openness which they had in being part of the solution to any trouble involving IVF. Because their was no influence give by other parties to participants in tell the 20 questions, it can be said that this was a survey with veridical results.Notwithstanding that there were factors which did not fit in exactly with the aim of the survey, such as the young age of some participants along with people having limited knowledge there was sufficient suitable data collected to give a commendable result. The language used in the q uestionnaire was understood by all participants. Key words such as in-vitro fertilization, partially, afflicts, infertile, federal funding, prohibitive, deoxyribonucleic acid did not require any explanation, however some Asian students did bespeak help in sentence meanings.Most people showed a basic intellect on what IVF was meant to do that is to enable pregnancy to take place, surprisingly in the same question, number 16 very few saw any real concern for safety, acknowledging the medical competency that exist with this program. Recommendation As the projectings have indicated, most people were concerned with couples having the need to have a baby if they so desired. It would therefore be in the interest of the powers to be, that Government and medical bodies proceed vigorously with greater implementation and assistance for the IVF program.Question 17 showed that most participants saw two important concerns that of costing, and concern for babies having defects. Both establish ment and medical procedures can overcome these potential barriers with more funding and ameliorate research respectively. It is interesting to note that in question 13, 30% of females strongly disagreed with the concept of the IVF program producing babies as if they were some mannikin of commodity or product. No males registered any comment.It appears from this statistic that there is no need to educate people further on this respectable side of any argument brought forward. It can be deduced that the data obtained will in some way crystalize readers of this survey, thus strengthening the argument for a continued IVF program animated in the forefront of society for years to come. . The implications of these results are that more research needs to be carried out to provide a more encompassing understanding of how other age groups see the IVF program.There could also be surveys do involving those of mixed ethnic backgrounds as well as those of different religions and those wit h ethical and moral demands. Such surveys would need to address a different kind of questioning but it would still be a recommended that can be made here. Researches in the field of Social Science would definitely find this convincing survey beneficial in exploring the human condition skirt the human condition, be it only for the point of view of 30 young people.