IVF

Question 1

around how many frozen embryos are there is the US alone, since 2003?

Answer 1

around 400,000

Question 2

what does Bentham a Utilitarianist’s hedonic calculus say about IVF

Answer 2

there is too much pain caused by failed pregnancies

Question 3

Joseph Fletcher a situation ethicist (deuteronomy) argued for person centred ethics which means that the relationship is more important than religious views, what did he argue medical involvement was acceptable?

Answer 3

medical science involves human creativity for compassionate reasons

Question 4

Kant’s categoric imperative (which is based on ones duty) says what about the number of embryos used for one successful child?

Answer 4

the number of embryos used to make one child is wrong (ideally only one egg would be used but this is impractical)

Question 5

which act was passed in 1990 which deals with the laws and issues related to IVF

Answer 5

the Human Fertility and Embryology Act

Question 6

Peter Singer a preference Utilitarianist was concerned that IVF is a process which is what to all concerned

Answer 6

demeaning

Question 7

what is G.E.Moore’s “open question” about IVF

Answer 7

just because you can do it does that mean you should?

Question 8

IVF can cause problems for the woman medically when trying for future children. Another problem is also created if the donor/s wish to become involved, which report changed the laws in 2004 so that children had the right to know their downer? and for what purpose was this law changed?

Answer 8

the Warnock Report, for the welfare of the child

Question 9

how much does one round of treatment cost?

Answer 9

£4000- with a high chance of failure

Question 10

why is screening for genetic disorders a positive thing?

Answer 10

because minimises pain for parents and child (hedonic calculus)

Question 11

what are the positives of genetic disorder screening for parents?

Answer 11

woman goes through pregnancy, no confusion over law because there is no donor, less expencive

Question 12

Peter Singer a Preference Utilitarianist argued against the reasoning that IVF creates potential people which are then destroyed, why is this?

Answer 12

then you would have to save every sperm and egg since they are all potential lives too, which is illogical

Question 13

virtue ethics looks at the intensions of the couple (autonomy) why is this important?

Answer 13

gives them the freedom to choose which is very important and means that the child is created for the right reasons i.e. not a commodity

Question 14

around how many test tube babies have there been since 1987?

Answer 14

30,000