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MORAL CHOICES by Scott Rae

Chapter Seven: Reproductive Technologies

Study Guide

I. Overview of technologies

II. General moral questions about reproductive technologies

A. Catholic (natural law) answers

B. Biblical (divine command) answers

II. Moral issues with GIFT and IVF

III. Moral issues with Surrogate Motherhood

IV. Additional ethical questions

I. Overview of technologies

|Type of Reproductive Technology |Brief Description |

|Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) | |

|Donor Insemination (DI) | |

|Egg Donation | |

|Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer (GIFT) | |

|In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) | |

|Surrogate Motherhood | |

|Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) | |

II. General moral questions about reproductive technologies

• Should any artificial means of procreation be used at all?

• If the answer to A. is “Yes,” is it morally legitimate to use 3rd party contributors in the process of procreation?

A. Catholic (Natural Law) answers

1. Procreation cannot occur apart from _______________________

a. Artificial means of procreation that ___________________ the natural process are not moral

b. Artificial means of procreation that ____________________ the natural process are moral

A. Protestant (Divine Command) answers

1. Technologies of any kind may be a legacy of the Dominion Mandate (Gen. __: ____)

a. Since technologies help alleviate the effects of the ___________________________________, they are considered a part of God’s c_______________ g______________, or his general blessings on creation.

b. Reproductive technologies alleviate the problem of i__________.

2. The Biblical norm of procreation is that the people who p_____________ the children should be the people that r_____________ those children.

a. Gen. 1:26 and Gen. 2:23-24 indicate the pattern for the family: husband & wife join together to form a home environment for children. Isa. 49:15 discusses the mother’s responsibility for feeding her baby.

b. Adoption and surrogate motherhood are mentioned in the Bible

i. Adoption is viewed favorably: Ro. 9:4, Eph. 2:12

ii. Surrogate motherhood is viewed at best neutrally: Gen. 30 and Gen. 16

c. The procreation norm of Gen. 1-2 carries great weight in the NT.

i. Rom. 1, 1 Tim. 2:12-15, Matt. 19:1-9

d. Therefore, Scripture looks skeptically on any reproductive intervention that ______________________________________ for genetic material or gestation.

e. Technologies that utilize the g_____________________ of a married couple, such as ______________, _____________, and ______________________________ are morally acceptable.

III. Moral issues with GIFT and IVF

IV. Moral issues with Surrogate Motherhood

V. Ethics questions that may arise about the practices of enhancing human reproductive capabilities through technology

• How will the concept of the traditional family be affected?

• What obligations do we have to each conceptus, whether in the womb or not?

• Is positive eugenics ethical?

• Is negative eugenics ethical?

• Will reproductive technologies increase gender bias?

• What are the moral obligations required of a sperm donor?

• How do we resolve the tension between the confidentiality of the sperm donor and the information rights of the recipient family?

• What are the moral obligations required of a surrogate mother?

• What ennobles surrogate motherhood?

• What denigrates surrogate motherhood?

• How can surrogate mothers avoid becoming commodities?

• What controls need to be adopted to prevent the reproductive options depicted in Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World?

• What does the term “playing God” mean in the context of reproductive technology?

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