Gift of Life: Table of Contents

Preface

• purpose: to offer some specific replies to questions being asked.

Introduction

• Subsection 1: Biomedical Research and the Teaching of the Church
• Subsection 2: Science and Technology at the Service of the Human Person
• Subsection 3: Anthropology and Procedures in the Biomedical Field
• Subsection 4: Fundamental Criteria for a Moral Judgment
• Subsection 5: Teachings of the Magisterium

Part 1. Respect For Human Embryos

• Subsection 1: What Respect is Due to the Human Embryo, Taking into Account His Nature and Identity?
• Subsection 2: Is Prenatal Diagnosis Morally Licit?
• Subsection 3: Are Therapeutic Procedures Carried Out on the Human Embryo Licit?
• Subsection 4: How is One to Evaluate Morally Research and Experimentation on Human Embryos and Fetuses?
• Subsection 5: How is One to Evaluate Morally the Use for Research Purposes of Embryos Obtained by Fertilization 'in Vitro'?
• Subsection 6: What Judgment Should be Made on Other Procedures of Manipulating Embryos Connected with the "Techniques of Human Reproduction"?

Part 2. Interventions Upon Human Procreation

• Description: "artificial procreation" and "artificial fertilization"

A. Heterologous Artificial Fertilization

• Subsection 1: Why Must Human Procreation Take Place in Marriage?
• Subsection 2: Does Heterologous Artificial Fertilization Conform to the Dignity of the couple and to the Truth of Marriage?
• Subsection 3: Is "Surrogate" Motherhood Morally licit?

B. Homologous Artificial Fertilization

• Subsection 4: From the Moral Point of View What Connection is Required Between Procreation and the Conjugal Act?
• Subsection 5: Is Homologous in Vitro Fertilization Morally Licit?
• Subsection 6: How is Homologous Artificial Insemination to be Evaluated from the Moral Point of View?
• Subsection 7: What Moral Criterion can be Proposed with Regard to Medical Intervention in Human Procreation?
• Subsection 8: The Suffering Caused by Infertility in Marriage

Part 3. Moral And Civil Law

• Subsection 1: The Values and Moral Obligations that Civil Legislation Must Respect and Sanction in this Matter

Conclusion

References:

Table of Contents | Introduction, 1, 2, 3, Conclusion, | References