Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 154: Cowboys, Infertility and Deeper Moral Questions

…we realize how the procreation of our own children is meant to involve a strict exclusivity between husband and wife.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationApril 30, 2018Artificial Insemination, Embryos, In Vitro Fertilization, Infertility, Parenting, Banking of Sperm and Eggs

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 144: Can I Donate My Body to Science?

Although there are not any fundamental moral objections to donating our bodies to science, certain details of how the donation is carried out are important.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationJune 30, 2017Banking of Sperm and Eggs, Death and Dying, Respect for the Remains of the Dead, Research Ethics, End-of-Life Issues, Organ Donation, Research

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 120: The Banking of Sperm and Eggs before Cancer Treatments

… if the egg harvesting step could be carried out with low risk to women, if the egg freezing process would not cause any deleterious effects on children who might later come into being, and if the eggs were only used for morally legitimate purposes like LTOT, freezing a woman’s eggs would appear to be morally allowable.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationJune 30, 2015Banking of Sperm and Eggs, Intrauterine Insemination, In Vitro Fertilization, Artificial Insemination, Infertility

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 062: When the Kids Grow Up and Find Out About the Test Tubes

…subtle psychological burdens may be placed upon children born from donor sperm as they subjectively struggle with broken or absent relationships, and experience a sense of being a “commodity” or an “object” because of how they were created.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationAugust 30, 2010Artificial Insemination, Banking of Sperm and Eggs, Intrauterine Insemination, In Vitro Fertilization

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 022: Recapturing the Soul of Bioethics

…women (and men) should never be paid for their eggs (or sperm), as we insist they not be paid for organ donations. This is done to prevent the human body from becoming “commodified” by powerful economic and market forces, and to stave off the prospect of trafficking in human parts.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationApril 30, 2007In Vitro Fertilization, Law and Ethics, Banking of Sperm and Eggs, Cloning, Embryos, Stem Cell Research, Organ Donation

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 010: Sperm for Sale

Our gametes, and their exclusive availability to our spouse through marital acts, manifest this beautiful and life-engendering possibility of giving ourselves away to the one person whom we singularly love.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, PhD—Director of EducationApril 30, 2006Intrauterine Insemination, In Vitro Fertilization, Banking of Sperm and Eggs

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