Moral assessment of frozen human embryo adoption in the light of the Magisterium of the Catholic Church

Abstract: As the number of frozen human embryos continues to rise daily, with numbers not expected to fall, an answer must be found to this dilemma. Four possible solutions have been suggested: a) thaw the embryos and allow them to perish; b) thaw them and donate them for biomedical research; c) tha...

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Autores principales:	Aznar,Justo, Martínez-Peris,Miriam, Navarro-Illana,Pedro
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios en Bioética, Universidad de Chile 2017
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spelling	oai:scielo:S1726-569X20170001001372017-07-31Moral assessment of frozen human embryo adoption in the light of the Magisterium of the Catholic ChurchAznar,JustoMartínez-Peris,MiriamNavarro-Illana,Pedro frozen human embryos solutions to the frozen state frozen human embryo adoption moral assessment Magisterium of the Catholic Church Abstract: As the number of frozen human embryos continues to rise daily, with numbers not expected to fall, an answer must be found to this dilemma. Four possible solutions have been suggested: a) thaw the embryos and allow them to perish; b) thaw them and donate them for biomedical research; c) thaw them and donate them in adoption; and d) leave them frozen indefinitely. This paper will evaluate the morality of these four possible solutions, particularly frozen human embryo adoption in the light of the Magisterium of the Catholic Church, which in its Instruction Dignitas Personae, appears to have opted to consider this practice as illicit. We also review the various stances of expert moralists in favour of or against frozen human embryo adoption, and we reflect on the extent to which the doctrine contained in Dignitas Personae can bind the moral conscience of the Catholic faithful. Finally, we make a personal evaluation of frozen human embryo adoption, in an attempt to find moral reasons that substantiate the negative opinion manifested by the Catholic Magisterium on this matter. In conclusion, we suggest that the moral assessment of frozen human embryo adoption as set forth in Dignitas Personae might not be considered as settled. Therefore, we are of the opinion that there is no impediment to further research on the moral foundation of this adoptive practice; however, insofar as this occurs, we believe that the best attitude of the Catholic faithful is to follow the moral criteria presented in Dignitas Personae with respect to the adoption of frozen human embryos.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCentro Interdisciplinario de Estudios en Bioética, Universidad de ChileActa bioethica v.23 n.1 20172017-06-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1726-569X2017000100137en10.4067/S1726-569X2017000100137
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description	Abstract: As the number of frozen human embryos continues to rise daily, with numbers not expected to fall, an answer must be found to this dilemma. Four possible solutions have been suggested: a) thaw the embryos and allow them to perish; b) thaw them and donate them for biomedical research; c) thaw them and donate them in adoption; and d) leave them frozen indefinitely. This paper will evaluate the morality of these four possible solutions, particularly frozen human embryo adoption in the light of the Magisterium of the Catholic Church, which in its Instruction Dignitas Personae, appears to have opted to consider this practice as illicit. We also review the various stances of expert moralists in favour of or against frozen human embryo adoption, and we reflect on the extent to which the doctrine contained in Dignitas Personae can bind the moral conscience of the Catholic faithful. Finally, we make a personal evaluation of frozen human embryo adoption, in an attempt to find moral reasons that substantiate the negative opinion manifested by the Catholic Magisterium on this matter. In conclusion, we suggest that the moral assessment of frozen human embryo adoption as set forth in Dignitas Personae might not be considered as settled. Therefore, we are of the opinion that there is no impediment to further research on the moral foundation of this adoptive practice; however, insofar as this occurs, we believe that the best attitude of the Catholic faithful is to follow the moral criteria presented in Dignitas Personae with respect to the adoption of frozen human embryos.
author	Aznar,Justo Martínez-Peris,Miriam Navarro-Illana,Pedro
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title	Moral assessment of frozen human embryo adoption in the light of the Magisterium of the Catholic Church
title_short	Moral assessment of frozen human embryo adoption in the light of the Magisterium of the Catholic Church
title_full	Moral assessment of frozen human embryo adoption in the light of the Magisterium of the Catholic Church
title_fullStr	Moral assessment of frozen human embryo adoption in the light of the Magisterium of the Catholic Church
title_full_unstemmed	Moral assessment of frozen human embryo adoption in the light of the Magisterium of the Catholic Church
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publisher	Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios en Bioética, Universidad de Chile
publishDate	2017
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Moral assessment of frozen human embryo adoption in the light of the Magisterium of the Catholic Church

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