In Vitro Fertilization Allows a Term Paper

This might be the case for an idnivdual that suffers from severe mental retardation or some type of brain injury that prohibits the person from making common sense and logical decisions. Why should this person/couple not be allowed IVF? If they don't have the mental capability to care for themselves or make good decisions, they will not be able to make good decisions and care for a baby. Caring for a baby requires that a person have at least a relatively normal cognitive ability and sense of what is safe vs. not safe, good vs. bad etc.etc.

Being disabled in and of itself should never automatically disqualify someone for a procedure like IVF. However it is important that the individual at least be able to make accommodations so that they can provide for a child's basic needs, and they must have the mental capacity to understand the developing needs of a child. Otherwise they put the child at risk......