PHLB09H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis, Surrogacy, Sperm Donation
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Ivf (in vito fertilization) (is a subset of art) Assisted reproductive technology (art: assists in overcoming infertility, some applications, fertilize egg in lab, implant embryo in any uterus, test embryo for abnormalities/defects, freeze gamete for fertilization, create embryo for adoption. Problems with ivf: expensive (social-economic disadvantage, low success rate, side effects from drugs/surgery, side effects from multiple pregnancies, threat to the child (premature, defect, death) Unused embryos: frozen for possible future transfer, thousands exist, unlikely to survive. Wednesday, march 2, y: some donated for research, some destroyed. Ethical question regarding ivf (remaining questions: destroys family unit, biological vs. social bonds, enhances women"s reproductive freedom, patriarchal stereotypes, principle to autonomy, right to reproduce, right to make mistakes. More ethical questions re: surrogacy - legal, moral issues: surrogate is paid for time, effort, work loss, moral objection, is it substituting market norms for parental love, unlike adoption (profit)
