IFV
For IVF opponents, there were a number of reasons not to proceed. Many of these reasons were prominent in the years before the first test tube baby was born, when no one knew if the science would actually work. Critics feared deformed babies rife with terminal illnesses; DNA co-discoverer James Watson, though not invariably opposed to the process, told IVF pioneer Robert Edwards, ?You can only go ahead with your work if you accept the necessity of infanticide. There are going to be a lot of mistakes. What are we going to do with the mistakes?? Destroying Social Structures