Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Artificial insemination
and surrogacy
- Key Words
- Artificial insemination (AI)- sperm medically
inserted into the vagina to assist pregnancy
- Artificial insemination by
husband (AIH)- a woman
inseminated herself with
her husband's sperm
- Artificial
insemination by
donor (AID)- a
woman inseminated
herself with a donor's
sperm
- Straight surrogacy- where a
surrogate uses her own eggs to
produce a baby for a couple
- Host surrogacy- where a couple give their
genetic material, which is them mixed using
IVF and implanted into a surrogate
- In vitro fertilisation- when an egg
and sperm are mixed in a test tube
and them implanted into a woman
- Quotes
- "Be fruitful and
multiply"
- "the two become one flesh"
- "Before I formed you in the
womb I knew you"
- "I give life and I take it away"
- "All life is sacred"
- Christian Views
- Most agree with AIH
- CoE- aggres with AID as it is a
positive affirmation of the family
- RC- disagrees with AID
because the marriage is affected
and it is known as 'mechanical
adultery'
- "IVF is wrong as millions of fertilised, viable eggs are thrown down the drain"
- agree- potential life
- agree- children are a gift of
god. infertility is god's wish
- agree-children need adopting
- disagree- couples should have
the right to try for children
- disagree- infertility is like an illness
and should be treated as such
- God said "Be fruitful and
multiply"