Ethical aspects of in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer.
In vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET) confronts moral reflection with a wide range of concerns. Some are similar to those raised by artificial insemination such as the procurement of sperm, the goods of marriage and donor gametes. Others are unique to IVF-ET such as surrogacy, the status of the embryo and cryopreservation.
Department of Theology, Fordham University, The Bronx, New York 10458, USA.
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D001675:Bioethics; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D015925:Cryopreservation; D004624:Embryo Transfer; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D006801:Humans; D007316:Insemination, Artificial, Heterologous; D008297:Male; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D013533:Gestational Carriers