Views on IVF

• RCC

  • Doomed embryos
  • takes away unitive act of sex
  • 3 persons become involved
  • A child is not a right
  • Costly method
  • Adoption
• Joesph Fletcher thought it was moral if child was being born into a loving relationship therefore the end justifies the means
• Church of England "Children are a gift from God"
• Anglicans and Methodists

  • "Be fruitful and multiply"
  • Primitive streak
  • Infertility is an illness
• Utilitarian agree

  • promotes greatest happiness for greatest number
  • Jenkins argued can give pleasure and joy of parenthood to childless couples
  • lesbian couple benefits
• Utilitarian Disagree

  • low success rate may lead to greater unhappiness
  • Costly
  • Singer - use medical resources elsewhere and would worsen overpopulation