Product Details

• Actors: Frontline
• Format: NTSC
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Pbs Home Video
• VHS Release Date: July 27, 1999
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00000JW85
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #59,991 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Across the world heartache consumes those unable to conceive. But now a revolution in reproduction is sweeping the country, delivering new hope to infertile couples! This enterprising film takes a look at some of the most dramatic strides being made in reproduction. Will genetic profiling lead more people to choose the model sperm or egg donor? Will cloning eliminate the need for sperm altogether? Journey into the fascinating world of reproductive technology and find out! Plus, take an introspective look at the ethical and moral dilemmas they raise.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding documentary, May 5, 2005

By	G. Bock (Tennessee, United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I don't know why previous viewers called this program "biased" because I found it to be a fine presentation of both sides of the issue. We are shown happy couples who are grateful for the technologies that helped them conceive, and we are shown one couple in particular that had a bad experience with the in vitro process. Experts on both sides of the issue share their opinions on reproductive technologies, and there are many interviews with doctors and patients emphasizing how positive it is (if anything it is biased in favor of the technologies). I use this video to spark discussion and debate in an academic writing class I teach, and it is very effective in making the issue understandable.

4.0 out of 5 stars Good video : a DOCUMENTARY, not a feel-good tape, December 28, 2001

By A Customer

This can be a very disturbing tape. I think it did tend to be biased. They showed families who had succeeded, as well as those who suffered all sorts of terrible fallout, but it still felt biased against fertility treatments. This is a very emotional subject, but I thought it was well-done, and a good addition to a "Frontline" library.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A video against InVitro, February 8, 2000

By A Customer

This video showed the negative side of high tech conception. Each story shared had a tragic or unethical part to it. I was hoping to see a step by step of the entire InVitro process, but this was not to be. I feel they should have shown both the positive and the negative sides of the procedure. Instead, I found an exagerated negative view point with very little technical information given. The video was a big dissappointment.