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Are there risks in getting involved in assisted reproduction technologies?

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Are there risks in getting involved in assisted reproduction technologies?

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A.: Anytime you get involved with other people, there are risks involved. Generally, pregnancy and parenting are high-risk activities. Recessive genes can play strange tricks. Sometimes you get twins or triplets you didn’t expect. Sometimes children are born early or have birth defects. Generally, those who choose ARTs services are assumed to be accepting such risks when they decide to participate in the procedures. Also, surrogates sometimes change their minds, as do intended parents. Sometimes, if there are unintended quadruplets or the child will be born with serious handicaps, either the surrogate or the intended parents may wish to abort the pregnancy or put the child(ren) up for adoption. Such a matter may go to court if the surrogate and the intended parents do not agree. Generally, abortion can only occur with the surrogate’s consent. If she declines, the child(ren) will be born. Several Ohio adoptions have occurred involving multiple births or handicapped children created by A

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