IVM - In Vitro Maturation

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7058291.stm
This article is about a new form of fertilization, similar to but safer than IVF (in vitro fertilization), called IVM, in vitro maturation. The difference is that with IVF a woman must get series of fertility shots and dangerous hormone injections, but with IVM, a woman gets one shot, her eggs are removed, then fertilized and matured in a lab for a couple of days. Once matured, the egg is placed in the woman's womb.

This is all very interesting but also highly disturbing. The women who get these procedures done are (by nature) not supposed to have children; that's the way their bodies are, that's the way they should live. These procedures are not cheap nor are they natural or necessarily safe and its shocking to think that rich women are paying thousands for babies that lower-class women are having all the time at age 15. Those 15 year old girls are getting abortions while these rich women pay for in vitro. It really makes you think about the class differences that are still so strong in our society.

There is another problem I have with IVM/IVF as well. In my mind, there is an easy way to solve the problem of infertility: adoption. Sure, it wont be your biological baby but does that really matter? Nature is telling you, through your infertility, that you shouldn't and are not supposed to breed naturally. If you want a child, adopt one. You'll love it just as much and you'll be helping solve the serious population problem we have today. There is no need to keep adding more people to the planet when there are people (meaning babies) on it who don't even have mothers. More people should think about that before visiting their fertility doctor.