An insight into the ethical issues related to in vitro fertilization

10.5580/612 ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
In Vitro Fertilization ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Vitro Fertilization ◽  
Insight Into

scholarly journals Horrors Of Baby Making (Consequences Of Reproductive Technology On Humanity)

2008 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Asma Manzoor ◽  
Saba Imran Ali
Keyword(s):  
In Vitro Fertilization ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Hormone Treatment ◽  
Reproductive Technologies ◽  
Reproductive Technology ◽  
Testicular Sperm Extraction ◽  
Technological Advancement ◽  
Vitro Fertilization

The recent advances in the field of medical sciences have allowed the scientists to control the processes of life and death. These processes not only can prolong the human life by machines but doctors and scientists can also initiate the process of human life: artificial insemination, cloning, in vitro fertilization (IVF), cyropreservation of sperm, oocytes, embryos, embryo transfer (ET), hormone treatment, surrogacy, testicular sperm extraction (TESE) and gamete intra fallopian transfer (GIFT) are well known examples. By far the most common of these is IVF. As a result of these scientific innovation couples have become statistics and children have become scientific experiments. Technological advancement in biology not only raises the question of good or bad technology or good or bad effects of technology but it lead us to the question whether all works of science and technology are beneficial or otherwise for the humankind. Since the birth of Louis Brown in 1978 – the period related to the first ‘test tube baby’ in the UK, many ethical issues regarding reproductive technologies (RT) and their potential impacts on humanity at large have been raised. In the light of extraordinary medical and ethical consequences that the RT has placed on humanity in the developed world, a discussion has been made in the paper to identify and describe the reproductive technology: In Vitro Fertilization (IVF). This paper also explores the difficulties that Muslim countries like Pakistan could face when actual progression of reproductive technologies gets under way.

scholarly journals Congenital tuberculosis after in vitro fertilization: suggestion for tuberculosis tests in infertile women in developing countries

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (12) ◽  
pp. 5316-5321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoling Zhang ◽  
Ren Zhuxiao ◽  
Fang Xu ◽  
Qi Zhang ◽  
Haoming Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
In Vitro Fertilization ◽  
World Health ◽  
Maternal Infection ◽  
Vitro Fertilization ◽  
Infertile Women ◽  
Congenital Tuberculosis ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Insight Into

Congenital tuberculosis (CTB) after in vitro fertilization (IVF) is a major new problem in developing countries. Only 16 cases of CTB after IVF have been reported, and no tuberculosis (TB) tests were performed before IVF in these cases. However, on the basis of data in the literature and from the World Health Organization, the incidence of CTB has been substantially underestimated. We describe two cases of CTB after IVF in detail in our center and provide new insight into the important issue of controlling TB vertical transmission in developing countries. Performing an early diagnosis of CTB, mostly based on evidence of maternal infection and a high index of clinical suspicion, is a challenge. However, most mothers have no symptoms of TB infection during prepartum, and infertility may be the only symptom. Infertility caused by genital TB is common in countries with a high TB burden, and IVF is considered to be an effective treatment to improve their fertility. Therefore, this may lead to more CTB cases without thorough TB tests before IVF. We suggest that thorough TB tests should be conducted in infertile women before IVF to prevent CTB.

scholarly journals Shared Oocyte Donation: Ideas and Expectations in a Bioethical Context Based on a Qualitative Survey of Brazilian Women

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (09) ◽  
pp. 527-533
Author(s):  
Drauzio Oppenheimer ◽  
Agatha Oppenheimer ◽  
Sthefano Vilhena ◽  
Augusto Von Atzingen
Keyword(s):  
In Vitro Fertilization ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Oocyte Donation ◽  
Vitro Fertilization ◽  
Innovative Technologies ◽  
Qualitative Survey ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Cost

Objective Assisted reproduction combines innovative technologies and new forms of procreation through gamete donation; however, it also leads to moral and ethical issues and to the wide application of referential bioethics. The objective of the present study was to understand the bioethical context of shared oocyte donation. Methods The present qualitative study used the Collective Subject Discourse methodology to interview donors and recipients in Brazil. Results Donors suffer from infertility, and in vitro fertilization opens the possibility of having a child; however, the cost is high, and helping the recipient is more important than the financial cost. The recipients regret delaying motherhood; adopting a child is their last option, and they desire to feel the physical stages of pregnancy. The recipients find the rules unfair regarding the lack of an oocyte bank and the fact that the treatment must be performed in shared cycles; however, oocyte donation makes it possible to realize the common dream of motherhood. Conclusion The obtained data showed that the patients are suffering and frustrated due to infertility, and they realize that in vitro fertilization may be the treatment they need. These women believe that children are essential in the constitution of the family, and scientific advances bring about innovative technologies and new forms of family constitution, with repercussions in the social, economic, political, and family contexts that lead to bioethical questions in Postmodernity.

Effects and Costs of In-Vitro Fertilization: Again, Let's Be Honest

1991 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 585-593 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ger Haan
Keyword(s):  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
In Vitro Fertilization ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Fertility Treatment ◽  
Vitro Fertilization ◽  
Effectiveness Analysis ◽  
Social And Ethical Issues ◽  
Tubal Surgery

AbstractThe decision whether to enhance diffusion and to reimburse for the fertility treatment in-vitro fertilization (IVF) was postponed in the Netherlands until the results of a cost-effectiveness analysis were known. IVF appeared to be as cost-effective as its most important alternative, tubal surgery. But policy decisions still were not straightforward, obscuring important social and ethical issues.

Is In-Vitro Fertilization for Older Women Ethical? a personal perspective

2001 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 152-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Perla
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
In Vitro Fertilization ◽  
Older Women ◽  
Patient Population ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Personal Autonomy ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Unique Type ◽  
Vitro Fertilization

Fertility treatments raise a range of social and ethical issues regarding self-identity for family, sexual intimacy, and the interests and welfare of potential children. Eggs and sperm are combined to produce fertilized eggs. These eggs are then implanted as embryos and grow into viable fetuses, which are carried by the original mother or a surrogate mother. This artificial form of conception can challenge religious values and family structures. In-vitro fertilization (IVF) can be considered either as a medical miracle or playing with divinity. What obligation do medical professionals have to infertile women and to what extent? The bioethical dilemma of IVF use encompasses different moral issues for all involved in the process. Ethical issues address respect for personal autonomy, access and care, and the duty of the health care provider to be compassionate to persons whose actions and moral values may be different from their own. Health care providers need to impart empathy, understanding and sensitivity towards this unique type of patient population. The conflict for those treating patients who are trying to conceive by IVF includes respect for personal autonomy, nonmaleficence, justice, utility and the ethics of care. As a registered nurse in a postpartum hospital unit, I have seen antepartum and postpartum women involved with this new technology. I have worked with mothers and their partners as they experience different levels of anxiety and hope for the future. There is an underlying psychosocial connection with patients who undergo IVF treatments. The purpose of this article is to explore the ethical use of IVF on older women. Is this type of biotechnolgy being applied for the right reasons and for the best patient population?

scholarly journals Ethical considerations on in vitro fertilization technologies in Bangladesh

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharmin Islam ◽  
Rusli Bin Nordin ◽  
Hanapi Bin Mohd
Keyword(s):  
In Vitro Fertilization ◽  
Assisted Reproductive Technology ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Reproductive Technology ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Vitro Fertilization

This paper aims to address ethical issues related to the assisted reproductive technology method ‘in vitro fertilization (IVF)’ from the Islamic Shar?‘ah. This review reflects that the Islamic ethical viewpoint IVF is rational, comprehensive, and aims at the greatest good of mankind. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol. 12 No. 02 April’13 Page 121-128 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjms.v12i2.14938

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