Ethical Dilemma Paper

Pozgar and Santucci in their book titled Legal and Ethical Issues for Health Professionals covers artificial insemination, test tube babies and sterilization but no where did they dare to touch the in vitro process, I reviewed several books regarding the law and ethics in healthcare and none of the authors really ventured to give an opinion which led me straight to the ethics committee of the reproduction where we could obtain this information in its entirety. Not taking anything away from the other authors, there is not a lot of information available because of so many new procedures being introduced. The one thing that was consistent was the bill of patient’s

ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES (ARTs) can be very helpful for certain patients, but ethical concerns have been raised about the inherent nature of specific techniques and the contexts in which many techniques are used. Physicians play important roles in supporting those who wish to become parents and in educating patients about impediments to fertilization and ways to promote conception. We discuss various ethical issues surrounding ARTs, including family relationships, informed choice, gender issues, embryo status and the commercialization of reproduction, as well as legal and policy issues. We examine the empirical evidence of the effectiveness of ARTs and suggest ways to

Regulation on IVF and other fertility services is necessary. The procedures being done are medical, psychological, and controversial enough to receive federal attention. When a human being is made in a lab, laws need to exist in case a couple divorces, changes their mind, or to prevent immoral decisions in the future. Becoming a parent is an understandable human right, nonetheless the desire of conceiving a child of one’s own can get out of hand. Yearning can lead to selfish decision making. Customers in the fertility clinics are desperate and will do anything they can to have a

The author of this paper has selected a health care colleague Mrs. T.R, to interview on the ethical beliefs, philosophy and worldview about the in-vitro fertilization, embryo harvesting and posthumous conception. Mrs. T.R, was born and brought up in an Indian Hindu family and immigrated to USA in 2000. She is working as a Registered Nurse in Illinois. She has conceived a child using In Vitro Fertilization, because she was diagnosed with Breast Cancer at the age of 27. The interview responses of Mrs. T.R, to the questions regarding Embryo Harvesting and Freezing, and rights of children born to posthumous conception in the light of Supreme Court ruling on the Karen Capato Case, are summarized in this paper.

Reproductive technology has advanced in recent years and with that advancement has come a debate on what is ethical, moral or beneficial to those who are involved. Applying the principles of ethics to reproductive technologies can aid health professionals toward the best outcome for everyone involved. With applying the ethic principles, one must first choose whose welfare that is being considered-the potential parents, the embryo, or both? An embryo is not able to convey autonomy, but people still consider its welfare anyway. There are existing conflicts as to when during development does an embryo become a human being that has rights. There are many who want

Assisted reproductive technologies include any fertilization involving manipulation of gametes/ embryos outside the human body and transfer of gametes/embryos into the body. They offer biomedical parenthood to various infertile couples who have often spent years trying to have a child and have exhausted all other avenues to have a child of their own. The new reproductive technologies give great help to infertile couples and make many new reproductive arrangements possible. The possibilities available for couples contemplating parenthood in unconventional ways under new reproductive techniques are two-party and third-party assisted reproduction. Assisted reproduction can raise some ethical concerns such as - the selection of the sex, how to

With technological advances of today, parents who are unable to substantially procreate are now given the opportunity to bear children. New techniques for procreation include Artificial Insemination, Surrogacy and In-Vitro Fertilization, all which have brought about happiness to families. Unfortunately, at the same time many of these new reproductive techniques may bring about ethical considerations and debates, causing pain and legal arguments. All of these ethical considerations warrant governmental and contractual regulation as a way of guidance in handling these situations.

Reproductive technologies are trying to be part of the norms in society. These movies show that woman can chose to do things that back then would be considered vulgar, including showing a pregnant lady half naked or being able to have a baby without a man. If one wants a baby, instead of adopting she can now have her own biological baby. Kelly Oliver lectured about it, in order to enlighten us about what is happening now in our society. Biomedical ethics would benefit from studying popular representations of reproductive technologies, because this is something that is flourishing; thus, needs our special attention.

For those who believe the human embryo deserves some measure of respect, but disagree that the respect due should equal that given to a fully formed human, it could be considered immoral not to use embryos that would otherwise be destroyed to develop potential cures for disease affecting millions of people. An additional concern related to public policy is whether federal funds should be used for research that some Americans find unethical. (Hanna)

Throughout the research performed on women that performed in-vitro fertilization, there are many biological and ethical concerns that are discussed. The complication that arise from IVF could be fatal to the mother and the child, which defeats the purpose of the procedure. Furthermore, the age of IVF mothers is greater than the average age of naturally conceived mothers, which contributes to the increased complications (2, 4). Lastly, the rate of multiple sacs is larger in IVF mothers as a result of greater number of embryos transferred to the uterus (4). These concerns could resolved by placing more restrictive laws regarding the actual process and the amount of embryos transferred. Further, complications could be decreased by implementing

Infertile couples can use cloning techniques to have a child, but some argue that this is an unethical practice. “The fact that people are already inventing -and endorsing- such scenarios demonstrates the corrosive magic this technology works on the notion of human dignity” (Kontorovich 30). Kontorovich argues that cloning will make us treat cloned humans as manufactured goods, take out the humanity of human reproduction and that in doing so it will rob humans of something that cannot be replaced through artificial means (28-29). People argue that infertile couples should consider other alternatives to increase the size of their family, like adoption, but there are couples that prefer having children with their own genes in the child's genome. Many who are against stem cell research also argue that scientists are killing human beings, however, this is not the case, stem cells have not had the opportunity to develop into a human being when they are harvested to be used for stem cell research. If the stem cells were allowed to develop for a longer period of time they would eventually develop into a human being, but they are not a human being when these are used for research. To address all the ethical oppositions to human cloning, Dehainaut claims, that “US congressional representatives have already announced that they will soon introduce legislation to put strict limits on cloning” (34).

Throughout the years, In-vitro fertilization continues to evolve through uses of and advancement of technology. In-Vitro fertilization treatment can help families who cannot conceive, have damaged fallopian tubes, and women with premature ovarian failures. There are also many disadvantages in the treatment that can lead to multiple pregnancies that risk miscarriages, premature births, and an imbalance of birth weight causing health problems. These disadvantages not only affect the child but can also affect the mother mental, physical and psychological problems. IVF treatment is an ethical issue that can lead to many risks that cannot guarantee a healthy child, cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, and affect women physically and emotionally.

The topic of in Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) has become one of the most controversial treatments assisting infertile couples. This question was formulated from the research found regarding the biological, financial and ethical factors clearly highlighted in the articles “Ovarian Cancers caused by IVF” (Natural News) and “In Vitro Fertilisation Today” (American Express). The research indicates that IVF has become much more common and it is important to understand if the beneficial factors prevail over the problems linked with IVF. This report is written to argue that IVF is not a justifiable method in assisting infertile couples. Dictionary.com defines a biological issue as anything that changes any natural process. This report will investigate specific biological issues that are linked with this treatment including, the hormonal effects on females, risk to the child and success rate of IVF. Social issues are moral problems that affect a member or members of a society directly or indirectly. IVF is associated with many social issues, the most prominent one being funding priorities. Another issue that is considered the most fundamental philosophical issue raised by IVF is the moral status of the embryo, which will be discussed in this report.

The negative ethical impacts upon using this technology include the traumatizing or killing of an embryo during the freezing process, the effects due to human error and designer children. Despite the advancement of IVF and genetic technologies, the major downside is the care and treatment of the embryos. Even though most embryos survive all steps during the technology, 20-30% of the cryopreserved embryo’s fail to survive the thawing process, not to mention those damaged during the technologies process as well (Cryopreservation in human assisted reproduction is now routine for embryos but remains a research procedure for oocytes, 2015). This is unethical as they are a life form that hasn’t had the opportunity to experience life on earth and

The world that we live in today is particularly different than one that a generation or two ago would remember it as. There are ideas and technology that they may have just dreamed of that is now available today. We have made such extreme advancements in our technology in such a short amount of time; it is very exciting and amazing. There is a term that scientists and people use to discuss alternative ways to have a child. This is called Assisted Reproduction Technology (ART), one popular form of ART is In Vitro Fertilization (IVF). Many couples and even single people of today’s world use this great technology to have a child.