• FINISH IVF
• ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION
• ECTOPIC PREGNANCY
• NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING
• Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PIGD)
• Surrogate motherhood
• “snowflake babies”
• Artificial Insemination (AI)
Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PIGD / PGD)
ZYGOTE
M O
RU LA
COMPACTION
BLASTOMERES
MALE & FEMALE PRONUCLEI
Surrogate motherhood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Thai_surrogacy_controversy
INTRINSIC BIOETHICAL EVIL/WRONG:
NATURAL RIGHT TO BE GESTATED BY BIOLOGICAL MOTHER
“snowflake babies” = ivf embryo transfer http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20081208_dignitas-personae_en.html
Artificial Insemination (AI)
ECTOPIC PREGNANCIES
ECTOPIC PREGNANCY (~90% SELF-RESOLVE):
REMOVAL OF TUBE W LIVE UNBORN OK (SALPINGECTOMY)
REMOVAL ONLY OF LIVE UNBORN NOT OK (SALPINGOSTOMY)
CANCEROUS REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM w PREGNANCY:
THERAPY AND/OR HYSTERECTOMY OK (DOUBLE EFFECT)
PRINCIPLE OF DOUBLE EFFECT
good act -> 2 simult effects
bad
conditions:
1. the act to be done must be good in itself or at least morally indifferent (independently of its consequences)
2. the good effect must not be obtained by means of the evil effect (evil an incidental by-product, not an actual factor in the accomplishment of the good)
3. the evil effect must not be intended for itself but only permitted (evil desire not permitted)
4. there must be a proportionately grave reason for permitting the evil effect
5. Last resort (no other action w/o evil effect available)
All five conditions must be fulfilled. If any one of them is not satisfied, the act is morally wrong.
NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING (NFP)
1. OVULATION SYMPTOMS
2. BIOETHICAL EVALUATION
NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING (NFP)
1. OVULATION SYMPTOMS
a) 3 PRIMARY
b) 7 SECONDARY
PRIMARY OVULATION SYMPTOMS:
1) BASAL BODY TEMPERATURE (BBT)
2) CERVIX ACTIVITY
3) CERVICAL MUCUS
SECONDARY OVULATION SYMPTOMS:
1) MITTELSCHMERZ
2) SPOTTING
3) SWOLLEN VAGINA AND/OR VULVA
4) INCREASED LIBIDO
5) BREAST TENDERNESS
6) GENERAL BLOATING
7) FERNING
SOME MAJOR PROTOCOLS AND METHODS:
• CREIGHTON MODEL (NaPro Technology)
• COUPLE TO COUPLE (CCL)
• SYMPTO-THERMAL METHOD
• BILLINGS METHOD
• FAMILY OF THE AMERICAS (BASED ON BILLINGS)
ACTIVITY OF THE CERVIX AND CERIVCAL OS DURING MENSTRUAL CYCLE
INFERTILEFERTILE
1 DAY BEFORE OVULATION: OS OPEN, CERVIX HIGH,
SOFT AND CENTRAL, EGGWHITE FLUID
INFERTILE PHASE: OS CLOSED, CERVIX FIRM,
ANGLED SLIGHTLY, TACKY FLUID
Examples of cervical mucus
during various days of the
menstrual cycle.
Transparent and elastic
is fertile.
Opaque and tacky
is infertile.
WHAT ABOUT THE HUSBAND?
• DISCIPLINE, RESPECT, COMMUNICATION, SACRIFICIAL LOVE
• OPENNESS TO THE PRESENCE OF GOD IN THEIR DAILY LIFE
2. BIOETHICAL EVALUATION OF NFP:
a) AS A MEANS
b) AS AN END / GOAL / OBJECTIVE
a) AS A MEANS:
• NO SEPARATION ÷ UNITIVE / PROCREATIVE DIMENSIONS
• RESPECTFUL OF HUMAN NATURE
• MARRITAL INTIMACY = UNION OF BODY AND SOUL
b) AS AN END:
HUMANAE VITAE 16b:
“If therefore there are well-grounded reasons for spacing births, arising from the physical or psychological condition of husband or wife, or from external circumstances… then take advantage of the natural cycles immanent in the reproductive system…”
b) AS AN END:
THEREFORE, TO BE AVOIDED IS A CONTRACEPTIVE MENTALITY, WHEREBY PREGNANCY / CHILDREN ARE SEEN AS AN EVIL, TO BE AVOIDED BY ANY MEANS.
INSTEAD, A FUNDAMENTAL OPENNESS TO LIFE, COLLABORATING WITH GOD’S PLAN TO BE CO-CREATORS OF A UNIQUE HUMAN LIFE.