title: Ethical issues and controversies in assisted reproductive technologies.
abstract: The current ethical issues and controversies concerning in vitro fertilization revolve around micromanipulation of the gametes, cryopreservation of the fertilized ova, selective termination in multiple pregnancies, surrogacy, and gamete donation. At the basis of these ethical issues is the philosophic question of personhood, or the term "human person," and the consideration given to the normal weight that is ascribed to the various forms of living matter that are found in the process of development after human spermatozoa have been placed together with harvested oocytes in the petri dish. The papers of very special importance and special importance written during the past year on these ethical problems are listed and classified. The summaries of their arguments and positions on these problems are enumerated.
authors.affiliation: Center for Clinical Bioethics, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20007.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Harvey
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced; D033421:Beginning of Human Life; D026686:Beneficence; D015925:Cryopreservation; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D004989:Ethics; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019369:Life; D008846:Micromanipulation; D018587:Oocyte Donation; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D028723:Personhood; D011247:Pregnancy; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple; D012099:Reproductive Techniques; D012935:Social Justice; D013094:Spermatozoa; D013533:Gestational Carriers; D028725:Theology; D014019:Tissue Donors