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In Vitro Fertilization-

Embryo Transfer
Millicent Grace S. Bombase
What is In Vitro Fertilization-
Embryo transfer?
- is a procedure that allows couples
who cannot conceive normally to have a
child
- woman's egg and man's sperm are
taken out of the body and fertilized in a
laboratory, then put back into a woman who
can carry the pregnancy to term.
What does IVF- ET violate?
• Inviolability of Life
- unused or unwanted zygotes are disposed or
allowed to die

• Stewardship
- an artificial procedure and substitutes the
conjugal act
• Nonmaleficence
- genealogical bewilderment syndrome
- lead to incest or inherited disease (unknown
biologic lineage)
- parents esp. mother is psychologically
harmed

• Justice
- limited to the rich only
- public funds: more essential needs
abandoned
• Respect for person
- man (eggs, sperms) become commodities
- baby not anymore a gift but a product of
other’s will

• Personalized Sexuality
- Separation of the unitive and procreative
aspect of marriage

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