IVF court case in USA
- Title
- IVF court case in USA
- Genre
- News report; Interview
- TX Date
- Unknown
- Year of production
- 1989
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- Duration
- 00:01:49
- Description
- Report on the ongoing US court case involving Junior Davis, who does not wish fertilised eggs to be implanted in his estranged wife following IVF treatment, and on the wider argument over whether a frozen embryo is alive. Includes Davis on the influence of his own single parent childhood; wife Mary Sue Davis on her anguish in trying to conceive; and Dr Alex Shivers on his hope the embryos will not be destroyed. With comment from President of the Right to Life organisation John Wilkie. Male reporter not identified.
- Contributors
- Junior Davis; Mary Sue Davis; Alex Shivers; John Wilkie
- Keywords
- USA; Medical ethics; Artificial procreation; In vitro fertilization; Trials; Embryos; Right to life
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