At Lucille's apartment, George Michael learns that Maeby was a test-tube baby, which he assumes means they are not actually related.
Due to moral concerns of the Catholic church, the agreement under which the hospital operates allows that certain procedures including In vitro fertilisation and induced abortions not be performed at Calvary.
This movie is loosely based on the life of Dr. Subhash Mukhopadhyay, an Indian Physician who pioneered the IVF treatment just around the same time when another leading scientist Dr. Robert Edwards was conducting separate experiments in England.
In regards to same-sex IVF, he says "parenting is not about gender but about your commitment and devotion to your children and about the love you have for them and about what is in your heart".
Embryo splitting can be used for twinning to increase the number of available embryos.
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For instance, in 2008, a California physician transferred 12 embryos to a woman who gave birth to octuplets (see Suleman octuplets).
In another flashback, Scully tells Mulder that her attempt at in vitro fertilization has failed, but he simply tells her to keep trying.
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Devil's Film entered the adult parody market in 2009 with the release of Coctomom, a spoof inspired by tabloid sensation Nadya Suleman ("Octomom") after giving birth to octuplets through in vitro fertilisation.
Alan O. Trounson, Australian biologist, pioneer of in vitro fertilisation; Emeritus Professor, Monash University and President of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine