Tag: in vitro fertilization

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 8, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Medicine
Tagged
, bioethics, chattel slaves, children, Christian bioethics, Christof Koch, conception, Denyse O'Leary, human beings, in vitro fertilization, industrial manufacture, IVF, Michael Shermer, organ donors, persons, Piers Morgan, Roman Catholicism, sexual slaves, Skeptic (podcast), soldiers, The Immortal Mind}

A Disagreement with Shermer on the Ethics of IVF

_{Michael Egnor
July 8, 2025

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Medicine

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It is quite possible to seek good ends (children) by bad means (their industrial manufacture). These are very real concerns. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 9, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Medicine
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, Alabama Supreme Court, death, doctors, egg, embryos, fetuses, human beings, human rights, ideology, in vitro fertilization, independence, IVF, Judeo-Christian tradition, newborns, personhood, petri dish, pregnancy, right to life, sentience, sperm, Steven Novella, womb, Yale University}

The Humanity and Personhood of an Embryo

_{Michael Egnor
March 9, 2024

Bioethics, Biology, Medicine, Reproductive Science

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A sperm and an egg separately constitute a potential human. But when they unite, the result is a human being from the moment of fertilization. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 13, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Technology
Tagged
, biotechnology, children, family, fathers, gametes, genomes, in vitro fertilization, mothers, ovum, parenthood, sperm}

Our Looming Procreative Anarchy

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 13, 2022

Bioethics, Medicine, Technology

4}

It is no secret that the traditional family is under unprecedented assault. But we haven’t seen anything yet. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 16, 2019

Categories
Biology
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __edited, cloning, evil, human cloning, in vitro fertilization, Jay Richards, materialism, Michael Egnor, mind, Mind Matters, neuroscience, pregnancy, rape, Roman Catholic, soul, theology, Thomism}

Jay Richards Responds to Michael Egnor on Cloning

_{David Klinghoffer
July 16, 2019

Biology, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

3}

Cloning a human being is a terrifying prospect, from a moral perspective, and seems inevitable. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 26, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, China, CRISPR, DNA, egg, embryo, embryos, eugenics, gene editing, genetic disease, Hong Kong, in vitro fertilization, MIT Technology Review, Nobel Prize, science}

Eugenics Revisited: Scientists on the Verge of Genetically Engineering Babies

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 26, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

CRISPR is the most powerful technology invented since the splitting of the atom. Read More ›

Statue of Lady Justice in front of the Romer in Frankfurt

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 9, 2016

Categories
Bioethics
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Medicine
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, __nedited, embryos, human life, human rights, in vitro fertilization, reproductive technology, wisdom}

When Embryos Sue

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 9, 2016

Bioethics, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Medicine, Reproductive Science

4}

Here is my Solomonic take on a story illustrating the moral conundrums wrought by reproductive technologies. Read More ›

Successful result of artificial insemination of a woman. Miracle of Modern Medicine: IVF. Little human baby inside mother womb. Small embryo in uterus.

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
December 27, 2010

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Technology
Tagged
, __nedited, abortion, assisted suicide, chemotherapy, conception, double-effect, embryo, euthanasia, fertilization, human life, in vitro fertilization, medical ethics, miscarriages, moral reasoning}

In Which I Answer Tantalus Prime’s Queries About Abortion

_{Michael Egnor
December 27, 2010

Bioethics, Medicine, Technology

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Tantalus Prime is a graduate student in neuroscience. He’s been following my debate about abortion with Joshua Rosenau of the NCSE. He asks some questions about my views on the right to life that are worth answering. Tantulus: Egnor asserts that humanity is a discrete, not a continuous variable. If so, then would he kindly point to the exact point at which the human begins? After all, fertilization itself is a multi-step process. So, where is it? When the sperm breaches the oocyte membrane? Formation of the pro-nuclei? Initial DNA replication? Degeneration of the pro-nuclei membrane? Formation of the mitotic spindle? Fusion of the chromosomes? Division of the chromosomes and formation of the first daughter cells? This really should be Read More ›