American Experience

Test Tube Babies

Directed by Hilary Klotz Steinman, Chana Gazit
TV-PG
S19 • E4    Oct 23, 2006    55m
History of in vitro fertilization, traces IVF from an early success with rabbits to the present. Included: controversy and setbacks; the 1978 birth of Louise Joy Brown, the first IVF-born baby; the birth of America's first test-tube baby, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, in 1981. Also: comments from scientists, a couple involved in a lawsuit against a hospital.

Where to Watch American Experience - S19 • E4

  • Blair BrownNarrator (voice)

 

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