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Article: A Request for ICSI.
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- The Hastings Center Report
- Article date:
- March 1, 2000
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Jerry and Sandy Wilson are in their mid-thirties and have been married for ten years. Jerry tested HIV positive prior to their marriage and has been doing well on a multiple drug therapy. His CD4 counts are normal and tests reveal no detectable virus. He and his wife do not have intercourse to protect her from infection; however, they have decided to have a biological child.
They sought advice from a maternal-fetal medicine specialist to determine the risk of infection to Sandy from unprotected intercourse and for information about how to improve their chances of conceiving. However, the specialist cautioned them against unprotected intercourse. Despite Jerry's ...