“Inside the IVF Industry: The Hidden Costs of Creating Humans in a Lab and the Restorative Alternative” with Emma Waters | Ep. 8

In this powerful episode of Bioethics Babe, Emma Waters, a policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation's Center for Technology and the Human Person, joins Arina Grossu Agnew to unpack the hidden costs of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and the ethical questions surrounding the fertility industry.

While IVF is often hailed as a miracle solution for infertility, few people stop to ask what’s lost when life begins in a lab instead of the womb. Emma explains why IVF bypasses the real causes of infertility, the moral and physical risks it poses, and how Restorative Reproductive Medicine (RRM) offers a healthier, more human-centered alternative that heals the body rather than replacing it.

We discuss:

• The physical and emotional risks of IVF
• What really happens in the IVF process
• The hidden ethical costs of embryo creat ...