Reading: Lesson 22 - Sex, Procreation, and Assisted Reproductive Technology
Sex, Procreation, and Assisted
Reproductive Technology
Key questions
What happens when we unlink sex and
procreation?
What view of the human person is
entailed in commercial “reproduction?”
How do Christians discern the
limits we should have regarding our power over human life?
More questions
Should children of sperm donors
have the right to know who their biological father is?
Is it morally permissible to unite
part of you (sperm or egg) with a part of someone (sperm or egg) who’s not your
spouse to produce a child?
Should someone be paid for carrying
someone else’s child as a surrogate mother?
Should the state allow or demand
that a birth certificate have the name of only two mothers or two fathers? Or
should it list one father and one mother?
Is there such a thing as the
“right” to have a child?
Infertility and pastoral care
Affirm that something is not right
Affirm God’s providence and care
Guard against idolatry
Recognize the struggles of others;
ministry of comfort
Affirm God’s call to self-giving
love
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