In a fictional book, there is a story of a biochemist who really isn’t’. The credentials were faked and, after an accident in the lab, her entire world begins to unravel. After the lab tech commits suicide, the story continues to tell of the birth of the baby mistakenly transplanted into the womb of an unsuspecting mother. This isn’t just a story, these types of things happen, although every precaution is made, more than reported.
Sart is in place to make sure that the tracking, documentation and practices and procedures are in place and in practice in each clinic around the United States. The millions of petrie dishes with the lives of those waiting to come into the world must be guarded very closely. There is no margin for error in this field. The course of many lives depends upon the accuracy with which these “donations” are handled.
Sart is not in the practice of helping clinics, only in tracking and reporting on those clinics’ patient results. The clinics may practice in many different ways. Some are in existence to help couples have a gender specific pregnancy. There are genetic traits that are more desired than others. There are family histories of diseases that genetic testing and selection can detect and eliminate in the subsequent pregnancy. If the couple wants to have a boy, the clinic can eliminate the XY donations from the sperm, increasing the likelihood that a pregnancy would produce a boy. If the couple would like a girl with blue eyes and blonde hair, for a price, that too can be produced.
There are hundred of reasons why couples chose to have assistance in producing a pregnancy. Sart is there to track and report the results experienced by each clinic. This group of professionals from many different related industries has been in existence for the past twenty one years. The data that they collect has been helpful in improving practices and policies within the assisted reproductive industry. Many couples each year seek out the reports and data to help them determine if they can do this, if they can afford this and where they should go to have this type of assistance. The child it may produce would be the answer to so many prayers…it is important that it be done well and right and at the right time.
As with any reporting agency, there are areas of confusion where the statistics are concerned, but all in all, couples are happy with the results and many continue to seek the assistance offered by these types of institutions. Whether or not it is right for you and your family can be researched and researched, but in the end, it’s looking into that tiny face and knowing that you wouldn’t change a thing!