Fertilization in vitro, Human.

  • The Velvet Sledgehammer: December 20, 1978

    The Velvet Sledgehammer for December 20, 1978, produced by Adrienne Gantt. Contents: Interview with Marie-Therese Brincard of the Brooklyn Museum of Art on its exhibition of Nubia,”African and Antiquity”; a report on HEW hearings on government funding to research in vitro fertilization, including an interview with Barbara Mishkin and excerpts from the hearings; Merlin Stone…

  • Ethical issues in human reproduction

    A presentation of tapes edited and selected from a symposium called “Ethical Issues in Human Reproduction Technologies: Analysis by Women”, which was part of the 146th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which met in San Francisco in early January 1980. Speakers are Belita Cowan of the National Women’s Health…

  • Test tube babies / produced by Laurie Garrett.

    Documentary on the moral, physical, and socio-political controversy surrounding artificial insemination and egg implantation, based on hearings conducted in San Francisco in November 1978 by Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) Secretary Joseph Califano. Heard on the program are Dr. Alan Enders from the University of California, Davis; Francis Filice, Professor Emeritus of Biology…

  • The Birds and bees of test tube babies / produced by Laurie Garrett.

    Documentary. The pros and cons of in vitro fertilization. Actuality from HEW Ethics Advisory Board.