European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 28, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Doily Magazine my lip it i i i pm of to pop " Conception in Glass i it he birth in Oldham England of the world first baby conceived in a Glass receptacle in a medical Laboratory has been hailed by some commentators As a Miracle of modern Medicine com parable to the first kidney and heart  Lesley Brown a Railroad truck Driver s wife from Bristol gave birth to the child a healthy Pound 12-Ouncc girl by caesarean Section nine Days prematurely  event marked what Many medical observers con Sider the Start of a new Era in the science of human reproduction. Praised As an important learning tool in coping with genetic abnormalities the successful Experiment has also been condemned As an ominous step to control and manipulate human  Point out that the new biology As it is called has reached this Point far ahead of social planning for it or government regulation. The fetus in the pregnant womb of mrs. Brown was conceived not in her body but in Vitro latin for in Glass in a Glass apparatus in a medical Laboratory the first authenticated Case of a outside the womb fertilize  the Glass Container popularly being referred to As a test tube although that s not exactly what it was sperm of mrs. Brown s husband Gilbert Brown fertilized an egg removed from her via surgery. It divided and divided and divided. About four Days after fertilization the cells then round 100 clumped like grapes were put in her uterus and took the Way an i Uteri in the womb fertilized egg  had been trying to do that for several years and had Many . Patrick Steptoe a 65-year-old gynaecologist responsible for the controversial Experiment together with physiologist Robert Edwards performed the caesarean delivery. It was he who implanted the fetus in  s womb last november at a time when it was most Likely to find the Best conditions for growth. Steptoe insisted that he Only wanted to help  have a child. She had been trying for nine years hot was prevented from conceiving normally because 01 locked fallopian tubes. New come Legal moral and ethical easy answer according to scientists the ology a social planners and experts in ethics. Some scientists say they must wait to use a new technique until its implications for Humankind Canbeal fined and agreement reached on whether this Advance is the first storms Are brewing on both sides of the Allan tic Ocean. In new York a couple in court is  a minion from Columbia presbyterian j1?l us former chief of obstetrics and gyn ecology. Or. Medical Center says Shettles failed to get permission forthe human experimentation from the committee on human reproduction. He now is on the staff of a 53-Bedhospital in Randolph it. Technology used in the test tube fertilization i seen by some As bringing nearer the Era of cloning and genetic fixes that can give babies any . The same technology May make it possible for woman to buy a Frozen fertilized human egg. Take it to her obstetrician for thawing and have it implanted in he womb. You could even have women opting for material that would enable her to produce a clone of Hurt Reynolds or. Allen r Utke of the University of Wisconsin at Osh Kosh said in an interview. Shettles incidentally co authored a Book once with David Rorvik. The Man who later without Shettles authored the controversial Book in his image which claim that a human cloning already has been performed. Unlike in Vitro fertilization which lets nature take it course sperm from the father and an egg from the Mother unite albeit in a Glass vessel cloning is asexual single Parent reproduction. Instead of being a mixture of genes from two parents the clone from the greek word urn meaning Twig or slip is a genetic copy of its single Parent Shettles claims Rorvik approached him about two years ago for help in finding a scientist willing to participate in the cloning of a wealthy elderly american Man. Utke a chemist has directed numerous seminars on the biological revolution. Active in the american Luther an Church he is on the Wisconsin upper Michigan Synod s task Force on the biological revolution. Unless we Check the scope and slow the Pace of the new biology be said it will destroy society1 John Del 2o. To we iwed a court claim their incubating a Ved when an test tube fertilization  by. Or. Landrum b. Shettles who was trying to Shelpuk Del hos late quit Columbia presbyterian. Today reclaims his work was in referred with but the no a gynaecologist Patrick Steptoe he Ping a woman have a child Friday july 2b 1978 and Humankind As we know it probably by the next generation be my. In a new Book. Bio Babel John Knox press. Atlanta Utke raises the question can we survive the new biology he fears scientific achievements such As in Vitro fertilization May be More advanced than society s ability Socope with them ethically. Alvin Toffler in the Book future Shock raised Man of the same questions but at the time he wrote it. 1970. It All seemed far  it s Here now and we really Don t know How to Deal with it Utke said echoing the sentiments of others consulted in preparation of this report. Artificial inoculation As test tube Conception is called raises the possibility of Many things in addition to Clon ing such As choosing the sex of offspring or fiddling wit genetic material to produce specially manufactured humans with certain  could also Lead Utke Points out to a woman for hire becoming pregnant with the fertilized egg of wealthy couple giving them a baby without the wife going through the discomfort of pregnancy losing he Waistline and suffering morning sickness. An artificial Placenta is the goal of several groups of scientists in Britain the United states and Russia. Aldous Huxley s Brave new world anticipate Many of the developments linked to the new biology. He envisioned a scientific elite of Predestin Alors who created test tube babies on an Assembly line Pride Ter mining in the process every mental and physical characteristic of each baby. Huxley was Oft on his timetable however. He predicted the new society was 600 years away. Utke and others concerned about the rapid Advance of reproductive technology fear it is right around the Corner say by 2.000.what do theologians and those concerned with ethics and social planning think of starting life this way7 and Isit life while it is in the test tube does anyone know when life starts anyway at fertilization at birth when there is quickening in the womb the supreme court of the United states in its ruling on abortion in 1973, put Forth a Legal definition of when life begins at the end of the second  that time according to the court s ruling the woman and her doctor May terminate the pregnancy any time during the first or second trimester but not during the  us. Government has no policy on in Vitro fertilize Tion but Joseph Califano Secretary of health education and welfare in 1977 appointed an ethics advisory Board the Rev. Richard Mccormick s.j., a member said tits first meeting in the fall we re going to tackle in Vitro  is the Rose f. Kennedy professor of Chris Tian ethics at the Kennedy Institute of ethics Georgetown University Washington d. C. As a moral theologian he said i Haven t formulated my own opinion but i feel there Are a lot of dangers  at the Hastings Center at ,n.y., there is an Institute for study Uto sciences and ethics. Its president. Or. Daniel Catahan Saida key question is when does life begin. Some say life begins at Conception some after thenis further development and others at birth he Point  would like to see Congress involve itself in development of Federal regulations governing the procedure of artificial inoculation. People who Are going to do this should go through some kind of approval procedure Callahan said. Recommended by one authority was revival of a Bill  by Walter mandate when he was a senator Mondale now vice president put Forth proposal for presidential commission to consider All the problem connected with the new biology giving the nation son