“Donum Vitae” and Gamete Intra-Fallopian Tube Transfer

Tonti-Filippini, Nicholas

doi:10.1080/00243639.1990.11878059

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“…Doerfler (2000, 56–57) and Tonti-Filippini (1990, 72–73) have examined GIFT, TOTS, and IUI and concluded that the technician performs an act (or acts) that initiates a new causal process, so that the act of the technician is the principal cause of fertilization. If this is correct, then the child is not the fruit and sign of the spouses’ communion of persons.…”

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“…By way of example, Tonti-Filippini notes the countless variations even among a “single” procedure commonly called GIFT. Sperm may be obtained through masturbation, use of a perforated condom, from the male epidymis, or from the vagina after intercourse; one or more eggs may be obtained, with or without ovarian hyperstimulation, and may or may not be cryopreserved; and the male and female pro-nuclei may already have been formed but the first cell division has not yet occurred (1990, 68–70).…”

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“…For judgments against GIFT and TOTS, see De Marco 1991, 223–234; Doerfler 2000, 56. For judgments against GIFT only, see Haas 1993, 1–3 and May 2008, 93; and Tonti-Filippini 1990, 74–77. For judgments in favor of GIFT see Cataldo 1996, 2 and McCarthy 1993, 4.…”

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The Unitive Meaning of the Conjugal Act in Evaluating Assisted Reproductive Technologies

Laurento

2022

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Humanae Vitae taught that sexual relations must respect both the procreative and unitive meanings of the marital act. Most Catholic ethical analysis of assisted reproductive technologies (ART) has focused on whether the procedure assists or replaces the conjugal act. This paper proposes that such an approach is missing an essential element—namely, whether the procedure respects the unitive meaning of the conjugal act. Pope John Paul II’s “theology of the body” provides principles for understanding the unitive meaning. In this light the conjugal act, which is a union of persons, is characterized by respect for the personalist norm, total mutual self-gift, the freedom of the gift, spousal exclusivity, and the spousal communio personarum. In addition to considering the procreative meaning, the moral evaluation of ART should also consider whether the unitive meaning of the conjugal act is respected. When viewed within this framework, certain kinds of ART that are considered morally licit by some ethicists may be impermissible because, or to the extent that, they violate the unitive meaning of the conjugal act.

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Laurento

2022

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“…GIFT involves the transfer of gametes into the fallopian tube and thus before fertilization had commenced. It has been proposed that a single ovum transfer past a blockage in the female reproductive system followed by sexual intercourse may be in itself a legitimate means of assisting a couple to conceive a child within the dignity of the conjugal act (Tonti-Filippini 1990). Transfer of sperm past a blockage in the epididymis in order for the following act of intercourse to have a higher chance of conception may be similarly acceptable.…”

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Bioethical and Moral Perspectives in Human Reproductive Medicine

Turner

McLindon

2018

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A reductive reading of Humanae vitae seeks to limit its appeal to a ban on contraception. In truth, however, it offers a vision of human sexuality and conjugal love with broad and enduring relevance. In setting forth the intrinsic complementarity and irreducibility of the unitive and procreative dimensions of the conjugal act, Paul VI has given us a hermeneutical key for assessing many contemporary ethical dilemmas in human reproductive medicine. From this perspective, this article seeks to apply the logic of Humanae vitae to several real-life scenarios confronted by medical practitioners, educators, and ethicists working in the field of fertility and reproductive health. These include a consideration of the ethics of prescribing hormonal contraceptives, the possibilities of investigating male infertility, issues of cooperation in counseling and assisting conception in samesex relationships, the ethics pertaining to assisted reproductive technology (ART), the contested case of prenatal adoption, and the application of double-effect reasoning. Summary: On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the promulgation of Pope Paul VI's encyclical Humanae vitae, this article seeks to defend its enduring relevance to modern-day society, through application of its reasoning to contemporary dilemmas in reproductive medicine. It considers real cases of the ethics of prescribing hormonal contraceptives, of investigating male infertility, of cooperating in counseling and assisting conception in same-sex relationships, of ART, of prenatal adoption, and the application of double-effect reasoning.

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“…Nicholas Tonti-Filippini astutely observes that Donum Vitae not only requires that there must be a true and proper conjugal act, but also that the child conceived must be the fruit of the conjugal act. “That is to say, the conjugal act must have a direct causal relationship to the origin of new life.” 10…”

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Assisting or Replacing the Conjugal Act: Criteria for a Moral Evaluation of Reproductive Technologies

Doerfler

2000

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“Donum Vitae” and Gamete Intra-Fallopian Tube Transfer

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The Unitive Meaning of the Conjugal Act in Evaluating Assisted Reproductive Technologies

The Unitive Meaning of the Conjugal Act in Evaluating Assisted Reproductive Technologies

Bioethical and Moral Perspectives in Human Reproductive Medicine

Assisting or Replacing the Conjugal Act: Criteria for a Moral Evaluation of Reproductive Technologies

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