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Fighting Female Infertility
For many couples it’s their worst nightmare. Years of trying and still, no baby. Forty per cent of the time, the problem lies with the woman. Adoption was once the only option. Nowadays there are fertility drugs, in vitro fertilization, and surrogate mothers. But with these modern-day solutions come new moral conundrums and questions: How far are we willing to go to fight female infertility?		Educational activities about Fighting Female Infertility

	Test tube baby experiments		The world’s first test tube baby		Fighting for in vitro fertilization in Canada
	An Italian scientist answers ethical questions about his test tube baby experiment. (TV; runs 1:21)		Phone-in callers react with joy and concern to the birth of the world’s first test tube baby. (Radio; runs 10:08)		After the birth of Louise Brown, an infertile couple argues with medical experts and theologians about their right to in vitro fertilization. (TV; runs 10:32)

	Surrogacy: Renting out the womb		Just say "No!" to surrogacy		Canada's very own test tube baby
	Infertile couples have another option: paying a stranger to bear them a child. (Radio; runs 11:11)		Surrogate motherhood is against human nature, argues Phyllis Creighton of the Task Force on Human Life. (TV; runs 2:19)		The first all-Canadian test tube baby is born in Vancouver, weighing two pounds and two ounces. (TV; runs 2:38)

	Hopes and tears: undergoing IVF		Sisters: Giving the gift of motherhood		In vitro clinics: Probing the corruption
	One woman’s experience undergoing the emotionally draining, painful and potentially dangerous process of in vitro fertilization. (Radio; runs 8:09)		A woman speaks before the Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies, describing how she gave birth to her sister’s baby. (Radio; runs 6:15)		CBC’s Marketplace routs out corruption in Canada’s in vitro fertilization clinics. (TV; runs 13:06)

	The Royal Commission reports		Reproduction: Still unregulated
	The Chair of the Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies defends the commission’s final recommendations. (TV; runs 12:41)		Lori Hickling traded her eggs in return for in vitro treatment. Legislation banning so-called "egg sharing" is expected this year. (TV; runs 3:18)

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