Eithics one: Religion and medical eithics: Fertility treatment
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- Religion and medical eithics: Fertility Treatment
- What is it?
- Assisting contraception
- Artifical insemination.
- Doner eggs/sperm or both.
- Surrogate mothers
- IVF (In vitro fretilisation)
- Assisting contraception
- The Law
- Fertility treatment is legal but strict laws are surrounding the anonymity of doners.
- Paid surrogacy is not legal in the UK
- Controversial because...
- Does/should the donor have the rights?
- Is it right to interfere with nature?
- Is it right that we can pay for life?
- Should the child have the right to trace doners?
- Christian attitudes...
- Roman Catholic
- No
- It interferes with Gods plan- natural law
- Other christian groups
- Often accept fertility treatment as it brings about a much wanted new life.
- Other issues
- What happens to spare embryos. (If life begins at conception).
- Is the use of a doner egg/sperm the same as adultery?
- Some object to treatment for same sex couples.
- What about the embryos being used for research?
- Roman Catholic
- Yes. Aims to reduce suffering and Jesus was a healer.
- No. Natural law does embryo have human rights?
- What is it?
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