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Modern techniques like surrogate mother , sperm bank and IVF technique will help the human beings. Justify this statement .

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(i) Modern techniques like surrogacy , IVF and sperm bank have been boon to the childless couples.
(ii) In IVF technique , fertilization is brought about in a test-tube and the embryo thus , formed is implanted in the uterus of the women.
(iii) Surrogacy is a boon to women who face issues with their uterus . In this technique, oocyte is collected from the mother and sperm are collected from father .
(iv) They are fertilized in the test tube and the embryo is implanted in the uterus of some other women having normal uterus . This process is called surrogacy and the women bearing the child is called as surrogate mother .
(v) Sperm bank or semen bank has been a boon for males who face issues with sperm count or motility .
(vi) Sperm bank are similar to blood bank where semen from physically and medically fit individuals are collected and stored .
(vii) Thus modern techniques like IVF, surrogacy and sperm bank help human beings.
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