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Authors: BOGDAN-VIOREL GABOR.
DOI: 10.24193/subbbioethica.2019.06
Published Online: 2020-03-30
Published Print: 2020-03-30
pp. 69-80
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The issue of Infertility, even though it is not a new problem, it becomes challenging because of its moral, ethical, spiritual, physical, psychological and social implications. As the conception process techniques become more divers and deviant from the natural process, moral implications start to emerge. In vitro fertilization (IVF), in vivo fertilization, surrogacy, embryo cryopreservation, prenatal diagnostic etc., all of these new medical techniques and concepts arise many new ethical and moral aspects for Christians. The fertilization methods become more unnatural and this fact involves some issues related to the human being and the value of life. What is technically possible does not necessarily have to be ethically correct. What is the official position of the Church about this medical concern? How can we improve the communion of love between spouses, even without children? Does the wish to have children entitles me to use every medical conception techniques or we should accept the reality? What is the most useful and right method to fill up the gap and the absence of children in a family’s life? Every family has its particularities and in every case we should consider the positive and the negative aspects of using the modern conception techniques. It is proper that, in this issue, to be involved priests, theologians, medics, psychologists, even friends or relatives, in order to underline what are the main risks and the implications of using modern methods of assisted reproduction.
Keywords: infertility, fertilization techniques, adoption, bioethics, Christian morality.
