AUXILIARY REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN THE CONTEXT OF TEACHINGS OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33876/2224-9680/2021-1-21/02

Authors

  • Bakhmatova M.N. M.V. Lomonosov Moscow state University

Keywords:

Roman Catholic Church, reproductive technologies, in vitro fertilization (IVF), zygote, embryo, Catholic Church doctrine, medical anthropology, anthropology of religion, surrogacy, donor’s gametes

Abstract

In the 1970s and 1980s, the progress in biotechnologies of human reproduction, thanks to some revolutionary methods – among them IVF, the use of donor’s gametes and surrogate motherhood – allowed couples suffering from infertility to have children. This breakthrough research got under the scrutiny of the Roman Catholic Church, which evaluated these practices based on fundamental Christian doctrines, emphasizing that the birth of life belongs to the sacred sphere and the human being has the right to protection and respect of his or her dignity from the very moment of conception.

Citation link:

Bahmatova M. N. (2021). Vspomogatel’nye reproduktivnye tehnologii v kontekste uchenija Rimsko-katolicheskoj cerkvi [Auxiliary Reproductive Technologies in the Context of Teachings of the Roman Catholic Church]. Medicinskaja antropologija i biojetika [Medical Anthropology and Bioethics], 1 (21).

Author Biography

  • Bakhmatova M.N., M.V. Lomonosov Moscow state University
    • PhD and Cand. Hist. Sc.,
    • Associate Professor at Ethnology Dept. of Faculty for History

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Published

2023-09-21

Issue

2021 — № 1 (21)

Section

SCIENCE / Articles