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American Experience · S19 E4

Test Tube Babies

2006-10-23 · 55 min

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.

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Season 19 Episodes

  • E1Eyes on the Prize (1 & 2): Awakenings 1954-1956 / Fighting Back 1957-1962
  • E2Eyes on the Prize (3 & 4): Ain't Scared of Your Jails 1960-1961/No Easy Walk 1961-1963
  • E3Eyes on the Prize (5 & 6): Is This America? 1963-1964 / Bridge to Freedom 1965
  • E4Test Tube Babies
  • E5The Great Fever
  • E6The Gold Rush
  • E7The Berlin Airlift
  • E8The Living Weapon
  • E9New Orleans (1 & 2)
  • E10Sister Aimee
  • E11Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
  • E12Summer of Love
  • E13The Mormons (1): History
  • E14The Mormons (2): Church and State
  • E15Alexander Hamilton