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In today’s technology, people have a lot more control in choosing to have a baby. Methods like fertility drugs, artificial insemination, and surrogacy, have made it possible for many people to become parents. On the other hand, modern forms of birth control also make it easier for sexually active people to prevent pregnancy. Reproductive technology is a good tool for choosing whether to have children. However, it is not right to spend thousands of dollars to have a baby when there are countless children in the world without parents. Firstly, reproductive technology is very expensive. Moreover, the methods are very unnatural and morally wrong. Besides, there are many unwanted children who need parents.
Reproductive procedures can cost up to twenty thousand dollars. And because the success rate in methods like IVF is only 20 to 30 percent, the process may need to be repeated several times (Gale). Most health insurance does not even cover the medical cost to perform such procedures. If a man has a low sperm count, artificial insemination can help. Artificial insemination is the procedure when a doctor inserts a man’s sperm into the woman's uterus. (Gale) Another popular technique used to help infertile people is in vitro fertilization. This is when several eggs are taken from a female and sperm is taken from a male. They are then combined in a petri dish, hence fertilization occurs. Once done successfully, no more than four of them are inserted back into the woman's uterus.
A similar process, called gamete intra-fallopian transfer happens when eggs and sperm are directly placed inside the woman's fallopian tubes. This method is successful about twice as often as IVF (Gale). Many may argue what they use their money for is no one’s ...

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