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To: Yaelle
I am a huge supporter of IVF and third party reproduction.

You may want to rethink your position. In order to increase the number of eggs, large doses of hormones are given. Scientists are now discovering a link between this technique and the rapid development of cancer. ref. And then there is this - 'IVF destroyed my family'

You may recall the story last year of 29 y/o Brittany Maynard, diagnosed with brain cancer, who chose to end her life. What the mainstream media failed to share, though, was this little secret. Did Brittany Maynard’s Donating Her Eggs Lead to Cancer That Prompted Assisted Suicide?

Personally, a good friend underwent hormone therapy to increase the possibility of becoming pregnant. This was back in the late 80s, before the advent of IVF. When the hormone therapy did not result in a pregnancy, she and her husband opted to adopt. It took a while but they were successful in adopting a child from Romania. They were thrilled but within another year, my friend was diagnosed with breast cancer. 6 months later, she kissed her husband and adopted son good-bye. There was no history of cancer in her family. Perhaps you have seen The Little Couple on tv. Dr. Jennifer also underwent hormone therapy to increase egg production. Using IVF, the fertilized eggs were implanted into a donor, but failed. Like my friend, Jennifer and her husband decided to adopt. While in India to adopt their 2nd child, she began to bleed and flew back to the US, where she was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. Coincidence?

The most horrific aspect of IVF has to be the fate of the additional eggs fertilized in the process. A fertilized egg is a human being. Some of these are frozen until .... ??? Others, are flushed down the drain. As I posted above:

No circumstance, no purpose, no law whatsoever can ever make licit an act which is intrinsically illicit, since it is contrary to the Law of God which is written in every human heart, knowable by reason itself, and proclaimed by the Church.

EVANGELIUM VITAE - On the Value and Inviolability of Human Life
45 posted on 04/11/2015 2:31:31 PM PDT by NYer (Without justice - what else is the State but a great band of robbers? - St. Augustine)
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To: NYer

There are definitely women who have had cancers post IVF. I’ve seen several examples myself (including Elizabeth Edwards).

However, I doubt highly if the ovarian stim meds cause it. I believe taking hormones orally is extremely dangerous. And to do IVF, you need to take hormones to get your uterus ready for an embryo etc. Doctors sometimes often give women choices of how they will take the hormones because pills are cheaper.

It is my semi informed opinion that you should refuse ALL ORAL HORMONES always. Better to bypass the direct liver hit and mitigate it by using vaginal, topical (transdermal), or IM injections of hormones instead.


47 posted on 04/11/2015 3:22:25 PM PDT by Yaelle
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