Brief notes on the surplus embryos.
Assisted Reproduction Techniques produce babies, and also produces all kinds of controversies. In addition to confusing issues relating to identity and meaning of parentage, and beyond the implications of the failure to regulate them, the new assisted reproduction techniques tap into a profound and deeply held set of moral values. In a not distant past, it wasn't possible to create human embryos outside a woman's body. Thus, the issue of what kind of protection should be granted to the first stages of human life was inextricably linked to the matter of abortion. With IVF, new and complex problems have emerged, raising the question on how embryos should be treated. The present paper aims to bring up questions about one of the most delicate effects of IVF: the destination of surplus embryos. From the start, one can say that an analysis of the dilemma of excess embryos reveals a series of theoretical and practical difficulties.
Coimbra University, Portugal.
Marianna
M
Chaves
D033421:Beginning of Human Life; D002755:Choice Behavior; D015925:Cryopreservation; D033001:Directed Tissue Donation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D019924:Embryo Disposition / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D006801:Humans