Louise Brown

Louise Joy Brown
Born	Louise Joy Brown 25 July 1978 (1978-07-25) , Oldham, UK
Known for	First in-vitro baby
Weight	5 lb 12 oz (2.608 kg) at birth
Spouse	Wesley Mullinder (2004–present)
Children	Cameron (b. 20 December 2006)

Louise Joy Brown (born 25 July 1978, in Oldham, Greater Manchester, UK) is the first person to be conceived by in vitro fertilization, or IVF.

Birth

Louise Brown was born to Lesley and John Brown, who had been trying to conceive for nine years, but without success because of blocked fallopian tubes. On 10 November 1977, Lesley Brown underwent a procedure, later to become known as IVF, developed by Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards. Edwards was awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Medicine for this work.

Brown was born 25 July 1978 at 11:47 p.m. at Oldham General Hospital, Oldham, via planned Caesarean section delivered by registrar John Webster. She weighed 5 pounds, 12 ounces (2.608 kg) at birth.

Although the media referred to her as a "test tube baby", her conception actually took place in a petri dish.

Her younger sister, Natalie Brown, was also conceived through IVF four years later, and became the world's fortieth IVF baby, and the first one to give birth herself—naturally—in 1999.

Ethical and religious issues

Although the Browns knew the procedure was experimental, the doctors did not tell them that no case had yet resulted in a baby. This has raised questions of informed consent.

Shortly before the death of Pope Paul VI, when asked for his reaction to Brown's birth, the patriarch of Venice, Albino Cardinal Luciani (later Pope John Paul I), expressed concerns about the possibility that artificial insemination could lead to women being used as "baby factories", but also refused to condemn the parents of the child (cf moral theology of John Paul I).

Later life

Brown married nightclub doorman Wesley Mullinder in 2004, with Dr. Edwards attending their wedding. Their son Cameron, conceived naturally, was born on 20 December 2006. Nowadays Louise Brown is a postal worker.

              TEXT COMPREHENSION

01- Choose the correct sentence according to the text:

a. Louise Brown is thirty two years old

b. Louise Brown was born in London

c. Robert Edwards is Louise Brown's husband

d. Patrick Steptoe is Louise Brown's dad

e. Louise Brown is British

02- Cameron is

a. John Webster's nephew

b. Wesley Mullinder's offspring

c. Robert Edwards's grandson

d. Louise Brown's cousin

e. John Brown's great grandson

03- Choose the correct item according to the text:

a. Natalie Brown is Cameron's aunt

b. Pope John Paul I condemned the parents of Louise Brown

c. IVF is a natural way of conceiving.

d. Louise Brown's son is four years old

e. Louise Brown and Wesley have two children

04- Lesley Brown is Louise Brown's __________.

a. sibling

b. mom

c. cousin

d. sister-in-law

e. daughter

05- Louise Joy Brown was born in the operating theatre at Oldham General Hospital in ________.

a. nineteen seventy eight

b. nineteen seventy seven

c. nineteen seventy six

d. nineteen seventy five

e. nineteen seventy four