Medical Ethics

Medical Ethics

Fertility treatments
1. Artificial insemination by donor
  1. For
    1. 'Go forth and multiply'
  2. Against
    1. Seen as adultery
    2. 'Do not spill the seed'
    3. Unnatural, Tower of Babel
2. Artificial insemination by husband
  1. For
    1. 'Go forth and multiply'
    2. Quality of life
  2. Against
    1. 'Do not spill the seed'
    2. God has a plan for everyone
3. In vitro fertilisation
  1. For
    1. Gives people the chance to fulfil parenthood - quality of life
  2. Against
    1. Unnatural - tower of babel
    2. Embryos killed
4. Surrogacy
  1. For
    1. Life is sacred
    2. 'Go forth and multiply'
  2. Against
    1. Unnatural
    2. Plays God and his plan for life
Cloning
1. Unnatural
2. Saviour siblings can save lives - stewardship, love thy neighbour
Genetic engineering
1. Temple of the holy spirit
  1. Harming or changing bodies harms God
2. Can fix illnesses
  1. Life is sacred
  2. Stewardship
Embryology
1. The study of embryos
2. Some are killed
  1. 'Though shalt not kill'
3. God has given us the knowledge & technology to study embryos

Resource summary

	Created by Sharon Turner almost 11 years ago