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Originally posted by leagleaze
Come to think of it, the people I know who have done in vitro, as opposed to the people most of you know, would have undergone in vitro for a different reason. So there is a causation question. It would be very interesting to see a study about the health and birth size of children when people who had no fertility issues used in vitro compared to those who had fertility issues and used it.
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Now that I have thought about it more, another thing I want to point out is that infertility is defined by the failure to conceive after 12 months of unprotected intercourse.
So it would be really hard to do the study you are suggesting since
if you are not having unprotected intercourse for 12 months with the sperm donor, then you really don't know your fertility status with that sperm donor. At least some of the gay people who are using assisted reproductive techniques because they have no desire to have sexual intercourse with the opposite sex may in fact be infertile. But there is no way to tell that if they aren't willing to have sex with the opposite sex for the requisite period of time. You cannot just assume that they are fertile without actually having them have unprotected sexual intercourse for 12 months.
