Netflixs Joy focused on the painstaking work involved in developing IVF and how fundamental Jean Purdys contribution was, but little was shared about Purdys future after Louise Joy Browns birth. By adopting Jeans perspective, Joy was clear in its intent to give back credit to Jean Purdy for the development of IVF together with Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards. It did so by simultaneously showing Jeans entrenched involvement in the project and focusing on her personal life, especially how continuing with her research effectively led her to be ostracized by her community because of her work being viewed as immoral.

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