“Too often, in vitro fertilization is treated like a cash purchase, like buying a car. Making a baby is a very, very different thing.”
Arthur Caplan, director of the Center for Bioethics, on the decision-making
process of older parents who undergo in vitro fertilization procedures
(The Sacramento Bee, Jan. 28)
“I really do see the wait list as the final touches to a class.”
Eric J. Furda, dean of admissions at Penn, on students who are neither accepted nor rejected from a school. Last year, Penn offered 87 students admission off its active wait list of 1,200. (Philadelphia Inquirer, April 23, 2013)