Reproductive medicine between advancement and ethics
V. 169 N. 3 (2018), Letter
V. 169 N. 3 (2018)

Reproductive medicine between advancement and ethics: doi: 10.7417/T.2018.2063

Letter
Pubblicato 2018-05-10
S. Napoletano
Department of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic and Orthopaedic Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
A. Del Rio
Department of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic and Orthopaedic Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
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Parole chiave

medically assisted reproduction
heterologous fertilization
ethics
gamete donation

Abstract

Over the past five decades, sweeping changes have occurred in the realm of childbirth. Thanks to medically assisted procreation, childbirth as an event has come to be characterized by the interweaving of biological as well as social elements. Research has been forging ahead, the first uterus transplant has been carried out and the experimental cloning of apes has taken place in China. All such innovations entail a wide array of ethical and medical issues, involving different parties in the process of generating new life: parents, children and gamete donors

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