An Overview of the Embryo Adoption Debate

• Main Author: Pugeda, Teofilo Giovan S, III
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2022
• Subjects: assisted reproductive technology; Dignitas Personae; Donum Vitae; embryo adoption; in vitro fertilization; sexual ethics; Ethics in Religion; Practical Theology
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/theology-faculty-pubs/67; https://philsacra.ust.edu.ph/findissues?id=33875528FAF8EE9C0E820DBBA445CCE5
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

In vitro fertilization (IVF) is opposed by the Catholic Church because it replaces the conjugal act. However, IVF has resulted in an ethical issue that the Catholic Church does not have a clear position on. What to do with the undesired cryopreserved embryos resulting from the IVF process? The Congr...