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Title: | Developments in IVF legislation in a Catholic country |
Authors: | Mallia, Pierre |
Keywords: | Fertilization in vitro -- Malta Human reproductive technology -- Moral and ethical aspects Bioethics -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church Human embryo -- Cryopreservation-- Law and legislation Human embryo -- Moral and ethical aspects |
Issue Date: | 2013 |
Publisher: | Springer |
Citation: | Mallia, P. (2013). Developments in IVF legislation in a Catholic country. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 16, 385-390. |
Abstract: | Some time ago an article was published in this journal relating the difficulties of legislating for InVitro Fertilization in a Catholic country and the issues and side issues which had to be faced. Since then one has approached closer to having a law which regulates this technology. However several issues continue to challenge the country. The main concern, other than IVF not being a natural method of having children is the status of the embryo. The normative values of the country in fact induces politicians to discuss an ‘embryology act’ rather than a ‘reproductive medicine’ act. At the eleventh hour Bishops continue to launch concerns which raises queries on how the debate moved forward over the past two decades. This paper tackles these issues and other more recent concerns and suggestions and takes a look at how such processes can be improved through a more rigorous understanding and logistic of dialogue, as certainly such debates should have implications for bioethics in general. Although the Church’s document Donum Vitae’s instructions for politicians where legislation for this technology has to occur has been vindicated, I seems that whilst many disputes have been resolved, the main conflict—that of the value of the conjugal act—has not. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/124713 |
Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacM&SFM |
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