Sztuczne zapłodnienie w probówce dobrem. Dla kogo?

Abstract

The author of this article deals with the practical aspects of the artificial insemination. Artificial fertilization techniques, FIVET in particular, create the gap between procreation and the conjugal act. The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith claims that dignity of the human being demands that a child should not be the final product of the more or less advanced biomedical techniques. If the child is a technological product and not the fruit of the act of the spouses’ union then the child is deprived of the equal personal dignity towards parents and doctors. As a product, the child must fulfill parents’ needs. The child in this context is a plan to be pursued, which can be controlled and verified. Sad and numerous cases prove that the child conceived with FIVET was rejected after having been diagnosed to be ill or handicapped. These are the consequences of the production logic, which forms the basis for depriving the conceived child of the right to be accepted as a human person. The child is perceived as the product which aims at satisfying parents’ expectations. It is the technocratic authority imposed by adults who bring down themselves to the level of being gamete or biological material providers.