According to Dr John Yovich, a vet doctor from Perth’s Murdoch University – that’s an animal vet… not a war vet -, loved up couples will soon stop having sex to conceive babies.
His theory is that couples will prefer to go down the IVF route, with science citing inefficiencies in natural human reproduction for 30-somethings.
Books such as Brave New World, in which all children are born in “hatcheries”, could soon be closer to reality. There must be real concerns though that greater use of IVF will lead to eugenics, with couples screening out characteristics or gender that they regard as undesirable.
Yovich believes the test-tube option will become more popular because it is more effective than trying for a baby naturally but way less intimate and exciting.
Apparently couples over 35 have a one in 10 chance every month of reproducing through intercourse ‘normal’ copulation, where as Yovich believes it will be nearer to a 100 per cent success rate with IVF within 10 years.
It clearly doesn’t bode well for the romantics among us.
