ABSTRACT
Reproductive technologies have turned out to be creatures of the marketplace, a fact we did not foresee. Because of this commercialization, women must be as careful in selecting a clinic as in buying a used car. Where initially it appeared that government would impose test-tube babies and genetic engineering on society, the great irony is that it now look to government to protect people from the Brave New World. American researchers wanted to do early embryo research too not only for reasons of test-tube babies, but also because they wanted to accumulate information about the fertilization process and how the early embryo develops. The Ericsson method is in use at a number of clinics around the world, and although the method is uncertain and not cheap, they do not lack for clients. This, too, is a commercial operation. Just as with IVF, a chance to determine the sex of a child is available to those who can pay for it.
