What’s not to like about in-vitro fertilization, the “test-tube baby” technique that has allowed infertile couples to have babies? Well, ask Dr. John Barrett, who addressed a medical conference right after he was sued by the parents of disabled IVF triplets he’d delivered. Excerpt:

Dr. Barrett, an expert in multiple births with the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, told the doctors of the suit when he got to the meeting, then launched into a no-holds-barred lecture on the need to restrict in-vitro fertilization (IVF), a major source of multiple pregnancies and the often severe health problems that accompany them.

“What the IVF industry is doing is creating a population of sick babies … that is impacting all society,” he said after his address to the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society conference.

“If it’s so obvious the practice is doing harm, why do people still do it? I haven’t got the answer to that.”

I do, Dr. Barrett: because we can. And if technology can’t deliver perfection, we’ll remedy it with litigation. That’s how we roll.

(H/T: Joe Carter.)