Issues on Artificial Reproduction

Question 1

Executive Order No. 209 or the FAMILY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES under PATERNITY AND FILIATION.

Chapter I. Legitimate Children

Art. 164.

Answer 1

Children conceived as a result of artificial insemination are legitimate children of the husband and wife provided that both authorized the procedure

Question 2

Fourteenth Congress of the Philippines S.B. 1342

Article II, Section 15

Answer 2

the State shall protect and promote the right to health of the people and instil health consciousness among them

Question 3

Family Build Act of 2007

Answer 3

treatment of infertility in any group health plan or health insurances

Question 4

Thirteenth Congress of the Philippines S.B. 2344 introduced by Manny Villar

Answer 4

Surrogate motherhood is nothing but baby selling. The mothers are penalized for surrogacy and the act of selling their babies

Question 5

Homologous or Artificial Insemination from the Husband (AIH)

Answer 5

sperm of the Husband

Question 6

Homologous or Artificial Insemination from a Donor (AID)

Answer 6

sperm of a construed donor

Question 7

In AIH or AID, the _____ is incapable of reproduction and not the _______

Answer 7

wife
husband

Question 8

Risks of AI

Answer 8

• multiple deliveries
• preterm delivery
• birth-weight delivery

Question 9

What is IVF?

Answer 9

• a procedure in which eggs are harvested from a woman and fertilized in a laboratory dish
• the embryos are then implanted in a woman

Question 10

Why is IVF done?

Answer 10

• infertility
• have a child without a male partner

Question 11

Steps in IVF:
1. Ovarian Stimulation

Answer 11

hormones are introduced to stimulate ovaries to produced multiple eggs

Question 12

To determine if the eggs are ready, the doctor will perform:

Answer 12

1. Vaginal ultrasound
2. Blood tests (increased estrogen and low progesterone)

Question 13

Steps in IVF:
2. Egg retrieval

Answer 13

• patient is sedated and will be given pain medication
• multiple eggs can be harvested in 20 minutes
• eggs are placed in a nutritive liquid and incubated

Question 14

Are all harvested eggs capable of being fertilized?

Answer 14

No, all eggs that are healthy and mixed with sperm still have a chance of not being successfully fertilized

Question 15

Steps in IVF:
3. Fertilization

Answer 15

1. Conventional insemination
2. Intracytoplasmic sperm injection

Question 16

Steps in IVF:
4. Embryo Transfer

Answer 16

• takes place two to five days after egg retrieval
• if successful, an embryo will implant in the lining of the uterus about six to ten days after egg retrieval

Question 17

What is Surrogate Motherhood?

Answer 17

a woman agrees to carry a baby to term and give it up to another set of parents to raise

Question 18

Kinds of Surrogacy:
1. Altruistic

Answer 18

for philanthropic reasons

Question 19

Kinds of Surrogacy: