Human Experimentation Without Consent Is Basis of a Growth Industry

Human Experimentation Without Consent Is Basis of a Growth Industry
An embryologist at work at the Virginia Center for Reproductive Medicine, in Reston, Va., on June 12, 2019. Ivan Couronne/AFP via Getty Images
Jennifer Lahl
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That we would allow humans to be experimented on without their knowledge or consent sounds like something out of the past. But in the world of assisted reproduction, more commonly called in vitro fertilization (IVF), it happens by the tens of thousands each day, all around the world, to human embryos.
Jennifer Lahl
Jennifer Lahl
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Jennifer Lahl is the founder and president of the Center for Bioethics and Culture and producer of the documentary films, “Eggsploitation,” “Anonymous Father’s Day,” “Breeders: A Subclass of Women?,” “Maggie’s Story,” and “#BigFertility,” which was an official selection in the Silicon Valley International Film Festival. Her new film, “Trans Mission: What’s the Rush to Reassign Gender?” was released June 17, 2021.
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