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American Experience
Season 19 · Episode 4
Test Tube Babies
0.055mOctober 23, 2006
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.
Episodes
- Episode 1Eyes on the Prize (1 & 2): Awakenings 1954-1956 / Fighting Back 1957-1962
- Episode 2Eyes on the Prize (3 & 4): Ain't Scared of Your Jails 1960-1961/No Easy Walk 1961-1963
- Episode 3Eyes on the Prize (5 & 6): Is This America? 1963-1964 / Bridge to Freedom 1965
- Episode 4Test Tube Babies
- Episode 5The Great Fever
- Episode 6The Gold Rush
- Episode 7The Berlin Airlift
- Episode 8The Living Weapon