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- Title
Striking a Balance between Embryo Transfer and the Goods of Marriage.
- Authors
Fleming, Alex
- Abstract
Difficulties in the moral assessment of embryo transfer and adoption include distinguishing it from illicit procedures like IVF and cryopreservation, determining the moral status of the human embryo, and reconciling embryo transfer and adoption with the procreative and unitive aspects of marriage. Many scholars who support embryo transfer and adoption limit their discussion to heterologous embryo transfer, the transfer of a genetically unrelated embryo into the uterus of a married woman. In this paper, the author focuses on homologous embryo transfer, the transfer of a genetically related embryo, as a viable option for married couples. It is the responsibility of the genetic mother to implant her embryos regardless of how they were created. When this option is not feasible, heterologous embryo transfer is possible in limited circumstances.
- Subjects
EMBRYO transfer; MARRIAGE; ADOPTION; MARRIED women; CRYOPRESERVATION of organs, tissues, etc.; FERTILIZATION in vitro
- Publication
National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, 2017, Vol 17, Issue 3, p461
- ISSN
1532-5490
- Publication type
Article