The Pros And Cons Of IVF

The issue of birth control remains one of the most controversial issues within the Catholic Church dividing members at all levels including the clergy. The Roman Catholic Church for the past 2000 years has been a major opponent of artificial birth control (BBC). Pope Paul VI made a clear declaration on the use of birth control when he wrote ‘the Encyclical Letter ‘Human Vitae’ on July 25, 1968 which banned Catholics from using contraceptives (Pope VI). These important declarations demonstrate the power of the Papacy to shape public policy on matters relating to human health and reproduction on a global level. The belief within the Catholic Church is that God have the sole power over the creation of life and humans have no role in this

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

Chile's health system has been evolving rapidly in recent years. The assigned role of the Chilean Medical Association has focused on medical ethics codes, and laws. Social organizations have emerged during the last decade and have been working together with the Chilean Fertility Society to change public health policies and attitudes in order to increase the access of people to modern reproductive technology. The current government has passed the August Law which decriminalizes abortion under three circumstances, the government also signed the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), which establishes safe healthcare as a human right.(6) “Today, women have won, democracy has won, all of Chile has won,” said Bachelet(2). On the other hand, Reproductive technology, assisted reproductive technology (ART), is utilized but faces opposition from factors of social-religious conservatism, and gender-based discrimination. While reproductive technologies can be accessed by those who can afford out of pocket funding, most of the population relies on public healthcare, resulting in less than 4% of the population receiving treatment.(5) In this sense, more research of reproductive technologies, specifically mitochondrial transfer, should be reliant on biomedical research of genetic on bioethical levels, as gene therapy is authorized only for the purpose of treating diseases or preventing their appearance(4). In this sense, the mitochondrial

The Roman Catholics believe that IVF involves fertilizing several eggs some of which are thrown away or used for experimentation which is the same as abortion. Other Christian Churches allow IVF because the discarded embryos are not fetuses and their destruction can be justified by the doctrine of double effect. (The intention is to produce children for childless couples, not to kill embryos.) iv) Surrogacy? The Roman Catholics believe that surrogacy is not allowed, because it involves male masturbation and this has always been regarded by the Catholic Church as a grave moral sin.

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

The Roman Catholic Church rejects the genetic modification of babies. The main reason why they are against this idea is because they believe that an embryo should be treated as a person from the moment of conception. As a result of this, Catholicism rejects many procedures involving removing the characteristics of a child, such as PGD when screening for genetic disorders. This concept of screening to prevent genetic diseases suggests that a person with a disorder may be inferior or not equal to a person who does not have the illness (Designer). Catholics believe that every person is made by God in His own image and likeliness and he has a unique, individual plan for each person. People should not play with God’s creations in the

Never the less, using a surrogate mother in order to have a child for a couple possibly goes back as the the story of Abraham and Sarah in the bible, the Roman Catholic church does not support surrogacy. Their belief is known as 'natural law'. Natural law is the rule of conduct that is given to us by God in the constitution of the nature which God has endowed us (Halverson). The way that the church looks at the viewpoint of surrogacy is that a child must be conceived in a union of his or her mother and father without the aid of a third party, or without methods that separate the marital act from the conception of a child (Bouck). On behalf of the Roman Catholic church children are thought to be a gift from God rather than an object of desire. Pope VI Paul stated in his encyclical Humanae Vitae, “The transmission of life is a most serious role in which married people collaborate freely and responsibly with the God serious role in which married people collaborate freely and responsibly with the God the creator.” In addition, the Catechism of the Catholic Church states that: "Techniques that entail the dissociation of husband and wife, by the intrusion of a person other than the couple (donation of sperm or ovum, surrogate uterus), are gravely immoral" (Halverson). Catholic teaching upholds the idea of that one may not do something that is immoral result of something at good end. However, in current

     Most people in the pro-life faction believe that at the point of conception, a human being is formed. A just fertilized egg is a full human being and should be protected as one. Some believe this because of their religion. The views of the Catholic church

The views on the morality of abortion differ between the Catholic Church and modern society. Over the years, there has been much discussion and disagreement about when life begins. Many religions believe that life begins at conception, while society believes it is much later in the pregnancy. Since the 1980’s abortions have decreased, but many people still have abortions. Modern society believes that abortion is acceptable and that the parents should have the right to terminate a pregnancy. The Catholic Church believes this is wrong and that all life is sacred. If pregnancy is not convenient or timely, some people should not have abortions because they are not ready for the responsibility of parenthood. God has told us that we shall not

With this reproductive technology, the possibilities for conflict with Jewish law expand. There are three main scenarios in which IVF is used. The first is IVF using sperm and egg provided by the couple with the implantation of the fertilized egg into the uterus of a surrogate. The second scenario is the use of the wife’s egg and donated sperm, with the placement of the fertilized egg in either the uterus of a surrogate of the uterus of the wife. Finally, there is IVF using the husband’s sperm and a donated egg with placement of the fertilized egg in the uterus of the wife, the uterus of the donor, or the uterus of a third-party surrogate. The form that is the most common is in vitro fertilization using egg and sperm belonging to the couple. In general, in vitro fertilization with no donor gametes poses conflicts like those with

The catholic church stated that conception should occur from the marriage act which by its nature is ordered toward loving openness to life, not the manipulations of technicians. In addition, The phrase “the end will justify the means” is not supported or encouraged by the Catholic Church when it comes to “husband and wife [becoming] merely sources for the "raw materials" of egg and sperm;” the process of technicians fertilizing the egg is taking away the natural process of concepting a “child.” However, the argument that humans become simply “raw materials” for procreation can be argued that some couples believe that the next step in their relationship is having children, being able to have a child that is related to one of both the partners in a relationship will seal a bond between them.

The Catholic Church teaches that a cloned human embryo is as much a human as the person who is cloned. Both therapeutic and reproductive cloning are unethical because they create humans asexually, not sexually as God intended. The Church teaches that we can never do evil, even if good may eventually come of it, and there is no way to obtain embryonic stem cells without destroying innocent human life, although some reports claim that the Catholic Church attitude to ethical stem cell research is softening, perhaps influence by the “greater good principle” whereby God may permit an evil for the sake of some greater

Parents seem to see having a child as a right. If one is unable to conceive a child, it is logical to determine the cause of infertility, not glance over it and pump hormones into women or men at high costs. Human life should be respected at all stages of life, beginning at reproduction. IVF denies a child the right to two biological parents. Also, The dignity of children in IVF is essentially manipulated and the rights of children are turned into the rights of the parents. Parents have all of the control in this situation to dictate a child’s existence. In natural reproduction, the act of sexual intercourse is an expression of marriage. It is done with the intention of potentially creating a child as a result of their natural actions. Marital

This is seen through the quote from the Buddhist tenets “The life cycle of a sentient being begins when consciousness enters the womb, and traditionally this has been considered the moment of conception.” Roman Catholic churches are definitely against any form of contraception to prevent birth of a new life because it would prevent God’s will from taking place which would therefore be playing God and the plan laid out for the person. Supporting the statements is the ‘Humanae Vitae’ in which Pope Paul VI set, which held two rules regarding sexual intercourse: “(1) That it should strengthen the bond between a husband and wife. (2) That it should always be open to the possibility of creating new life. The only form of contraception that Roman Catholics have permission to use is natural family planning, which a woman discovers her fertile period each month, thus avoiding sexual intercourse at that temporary length of time.”