Artificial insemination and surrogacy

Key Words
1. Artificial insemination (AI)- sperm medically inserted into the vagina to assist pregnancy
  1. Artificial insemination by husband (AIH)- a woman inseminated herself with her husband's sperm
  2. Artificial insemination by donor (AID)- a woman inseminated herself with a donor's sperm
2. Straight surrogacy- where a surrogate uses her own eggs to produce a baby for a couple
3. Host surrogacy- where a couple give their genetic material, which is them mixed using IVF and implanted into a surrogate
4. In vitro fertilisation- when an egg and sperm are mixed in a test tube and them implanted into a woman
Quotes
1. "Be fruitful and multiply"
2. "the two become one flesh"
3. "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you"
4. "I give life and I take it away"
5. "All life is sacred"
Christian Views
1. Most agree with AIH
2. CoE- aggres with AID as it is a positive affirmation of the family
3. RC- disagrees with AID because the marriage is affected and it is known as 'mechanical adultery'
"IVF is wrong as millions of fertilised, viable eggs are thrown down the drain"
1. agree- potential life
2. agree- children are a gift of god. infertility is god's wish
3. agree-children need adopting
4. disagree- couples should have the right to try for children
5. disagree- infertility is like an illness and should be treated as such
6. God said "Be fruitful and multiply"

Resource summary

	Created by Eleanor Matthewman over 10 years ago