Essay on Christianity And Infertility

When two married adults find themselves in a situation where they would like children, but due to other circumstances, they are unable to naturally conceive a child themselves. It is in this case when a couple may choose surrogacy, defined by Merriam-Webster dictionaries as “the practice by which a woman (called a surrogate mother) becomes pregnant and gives birth to a baby in order to give it to someone who cannot have children.” Naturally, when making a decision regarding surrogacy, the two adults may choose to look to their religion as a guideline for if surrogacy is morally right. However, due to various viewpoints on the issue, different religions have different perspectives on the topic. As a result of the conflicting viewpoints that the Old Testament has about the moral legitimacy of surrogacy, Judaism tends to believe that surrogacy is moral, whereas Catholicism tends to believe that the opposite is true.

Nowadays, in this world, there are a lot of problems that can make tremendous conflicts for human beings. They are very complicated and bring a lot of argument and nobody knows what the exact answer is. They also have pros and cons. One of the most complex problems is abortion. This is due to moral and ethical values which we all have. The majority of us are Christians or are brought up in that kind of ambiance which means that as small children we were taught values that are based on the bible such as that famous phrase “Thou shall not kill”. This phrase relates to this topic because an abortion is the murder of a human being.

As a catholic-born child, I was brought up with very strict rules laid out before me that would help me with choices such as the holy sacrament of confirmation and marriage to the very controversial choice of abortion. Since I’ve been Catholic all of my life, I am a firm believer in the pro-life choice, which is advocating full legal protection of embryos and fetuses along with high opposition to the legalization of induced abortions. A baby is a baby is a baby. Whether it is an embryo, fetus, or almost a full term baby, it is still considered life. That is how I like to view this topic. This semester I plan to research why abortion is morally wrong

Christianity lays out those rules so that there is no dispute about what is moral. Under a biblical ideology we must acknowledge the sacredness of human life in the likeness of God. In Jeremiah 1 and psalm 139, it tells us that God know us while in the womb and and has an active part in our creation. And in Exodus 21 God commands the penalty for someone who causes the death of a baby in the womb the same as for someone who commits murder. With this in mind, what should be the proper christian response to abortion. This author believes that our actions should parallel those of the ancient romans christians. When the romans would leave their unwanted infants in the desert, they would go, find them, and take them in. Instead of forcing unready person into motherhood, we should encourage adoption as an alternative to

The Church teaches that sexual intercourse has two overall meanings: The Unitive and Procreative Dimension. Unitive Dimension refers to the expression of love towards our spouse and the Procreative Dimension which is the bringing forth of life. The Church teaches that these two dimensions cannot be separated, and both must be accepted. Therefore, when we choose to abort a pregnancy, this is selfishness on our ends. Current society norms includes having intercourse because of the want and desire of it. However, the people whom participate in pregnancies do not want to accept the procreative dimension of

As stated earlier, Christians must evaluate the different methods of medical technology in order to identify the moral and ethical ramifications of certain medical procedures. I believe that any procedure that forces a couple to decide what is to be done with “leftover” embryos should not be used. However, there are some procedures such as IUI and IVF that utilize

This is another moral debate of its own, however, for the sake of argument I will say that an embryo cannot be considered a human until conception, thus creating destruction of the embryo morally permissible. Secondly, if it is known and proven through science that the child will be severely disabled and suffer greatly throughout its entire life, it cannot and should not be considered evil to prevent the extreme and lifelong suffering of a child. Finally, a religious person may believe and hope for a miracle in the individual’s condition however it is not right to rely solely on a miracle when there is scientific fact that the patient will

Induced abortion is the deliberate ending of a pregnancy before the fetus is viable or capable of surviving outside a female’s body. Abortion has been practiced in every culture since the beginning of civilization” (Kaplan, Tischauser & Chara, 2015). Abortion is one of many controversial issues. It is a topic that is widely debated among many people. Abortion is a difficult topic of discussion, when the baby is a product or rape, or has Down syndrome or deformities. According to my Christian worldview, I will examine the abortion ethical dilemma, and compare it to other options of resolving the dilemma.

“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you.” (Jer 1:5 NASB) Pro-Life and Pro-Choice has been a heated top to discuss and arguments break out between two different world views. Sue Bohlin captures these two world view as this humanistic worldview says, “Man is the highest standard there is. You don’t answer to anyone, so do whatever you want.” Christian worldview says, “We answer to God, and we must always submit our desires and preferences to the authority of His word.” The biggest issue in regards to abortion has been on when life begins extended circumstances i.e. Rape and Incest and the quality of life for a child that may be born handicapped.

The women, men, and children that live in Bom Jesus, for the most part, from the moment they are born have a very hard life. The impoverished women, on average during their reproductive days, have about 12 pregnancies. Of those pregnancies only about three of the children survive. (pg. 311) When asked, how many children would be the ideal family size, the women would answer between two to three children. (pg. 331-332) So the question that must be asked is why these women have so many pregnancies when they only really want about three children? The answer to that question has many reasons and most of them are deeply rooted in the culture that the women live in.

When a couple decides to try IUI with high powered ovulation drugs or IVF, most of the time they are left with embryos that have not been used. The big question that the couple must decide is what to do with the embryos. The answer to this question carries more weight than many would think, as there is an ethical and moral aspect to this decision. If a person believes that life begins at conception, which is the case, then the embryo is not only a clump of cells, but a human life waiting to mature. For a Christian, the answer lies within the Word of God. God declares that life begins at conception in several of the Scriptures such as Jeremiah 1:5 where the author states, “Before I

"Technological innovations in the reproductive area means being prepared to explicitly acknowledge that it is acceptable to destroy embryos under certain circumstances in order to encourage research on alleviating disease embryos. This in turn acknowledges the role of science in rectifying what may have gone a defective state during development.” But what is wrong with it that makes it questionable to those who follow christianity? It is the fact that many label this act as immoral and lives are being loss in the process as of which it really a flip of a coin on whether the “test tube baby”, or experiment some would call, would survive or not. We know that God is the author of life, but scientists

"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I

So from this we can safely say that Catholics view, and have always viewed, abortion as evil. Then again, we are relying on something uncertain -- how you determine the humanity of a being. Clearly Catholics do not view a fetus as a human being.

To begin with, I will provide the basic medical facts involving IVF to give a solid understanding of what goes into the whole process and what facts involving this process cause the questioning of the ethical and moral issues. Infertility affects about 4.9 million couples in the United States, or one in every twelve. Approximately one-third of infertility cases can be traced to causes in the female (Encarta). However, a small proportion of infertile