July 18th
In 1994, Rosanna Della Corte, a 62-year-old Italian woman, gave birth to a healthy son, Riccardo. Rosanna Della Corte previously lost her only son at the age of 17 in a terrible car accident. Those were the reasons why she turned to the procedure. In response, restrictions were introduced in the Italian legislature following a papal encyclical, the Gospel of Vitae, which condemned in vitro fertilization and many other high-tech fertility practices.
