posthumous reproduction

[little2add]

Is preserving a bloodline worth creating a child who will never know her father

 

More than four years ago, Liat Malka waited anxiously for a sperm sample from a deceased man she had never met to fertilize her solitary egg in a hospital petri dish. The Israeli kindergarten teacher hoped to undergo in vitro fertilization and was disappointed when, in the first attempt, her egg and the donor sperm failed to create a viable embryo. The next month, though, brought success. Malka had an embryo transferred into her uterus and nine months later gave birth to Shira, whose name was chosen because it means both “song” and “prayer” in Hebrew.

Is it ethical to create a child as “the means for fulfilling the wishes of an adult, in any way possible, and at any cost?” Because the right to posthumous reproduction is not a given for the deceased’s parents, their requests, in particular, have challenged the courts with esoteric questions regarding the rights of an unborn child.

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/02/posthumous-reproduction-israel-sperm-donors-ivf/583588/

Edited February 26, 2019 by little2add

[chrysostom]

http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/human-life-and-dignity/reproductive-technology/begotten-not-made-a-catholic-view-of-reproductive-technology.cfm

As Catholic teaching is that IVF is immoral whatever the circumstance, the answer would be no...but maybe your question was rhetorical...