Infertility means an inability to conceive a child. theres different kinds of fertility treatment that can be used to help:
- artificial insemintation by the Husband (AIH) - sperm from husband injected into wifes womb
- artificial insemintation by donor (AID) - sperm from a sperm bank is used
- in vitro fertilistion (IVF) - egg fertilised in a test tube & 1 or 2 implanted in mothers womb
- egg donation - where an egg from a different woman is used as part of IVF
- surrogacy - where a different woman bearss the child for couple. can involve IVF,using the couples eggs & sperm, or artificially insemintating the surrogte with the husbands sperm
christianity sees children as a blessing from god
- most christian churhces belive its okfor science 2 help childless couples 2 conceive, as long as it doesnt involve anyone else
- AIH is permissible. couple can be blessed w a child, and the sanctity of marriage isnt interfered w. many roman catholics arent keen though, - sperm comes from 'unnatural' sex act
- some believe that if AIH fails, a couple should adopt instead. many other christians consider IVF an appropriate treatment if wife's egg & husband's sperm are used
- roman catholics opposed to IVF as often creates 'spare' embryos that r wasted
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