Reviews for Pandora's Baby: How the First Test Tube Babies Sparked the Reproductive Revolution

The average rating for Pandora's Baby: How the First Test Tube Babies Sparked the Reproductive Revolution based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-02-02 00:00:00 Terry C Wilson Definitely informative of the history of in vitro fertilization. As a person born in the 70s, it was never an issue I gave any thought as it would have been quite the common practice when I was a child. Even hearing the term 'in vitro' over the years, I never really questioned what exactly it was, other than some generic reproductive therapy that didn't overly interest me since I've never wanted children of my own. As someone who loves science but isn't a scientist by a long shot, I'm glad there wasn't too much technical detail in the writing which may have turned boring to me. Some parts felt a bit repetitive (eg such a doctor felt this way or that). Overall though I'd recommend this to pretty much anyone with an interest in themes societal, political, medical, ethical, technical, etc.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-03-03 00:00:00 Michael Watson Very interesting but took me over a week to read. Sometimes non-fiction bogs me down. I liked references to Mary Shelley (Frankenstein)Pg. 8 and 104 and the last 2 chapters that dealt with what's going on today with reproductive cloning and therapeutic cloning involving stem cell research. For many decades our politicians had muddled through these controversial issues by appointing commissions to study them and then not acting upon the suggestions. Then the next administration comes along, appoints a new one and starts the process all over again. Fun facts: 1970 - 7% physicians and 9% medical school students were women 1990 - 17% women doctors 1999 - 46% women doctors.