TV Test Tube Babies

October 19, 2006

PBS’ American Experience on Monday, October 23, (check local listings) will be showing a program entitled “Test Tube Babies.” The website indicates that we’ll be able to watch the entire program online after it has aired on PBS.

From the description:

American Experience presents Test Tube Babies, from filmmakers Chana Gazit and Hilary Klotz Steinman. This one-hour documentary tells the story of doctors, researchers, and hopeful couples who pushed the limits of science and triggered a technological revolution in human reproduction. In so doing, they landed at the center of a controversy whose reverberations continue to this day. “The battle over in vitro fertilization (IVF) drew in scientists, social activists, religious leaders, lawmakers and everyday Americans,” says Gazit. “More than a scientific debate, it was a philosophical and moral struggle.”

Set your TiVo! Or wait ’til Tuesday.