Ivf Pros And Cons

Rough Outline:
Thesis: Ultimately it is unethical to use IVF and PGD to create another child to save a sibling processes for creating and using savior siblings - is it safe for the savior sibling? process involves a couple going through IVF treatment; they create embryos in the laboratory which are then tested to see if the tissues are a good match for a sibling
Doctors use a technique called Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PDG), (which is normally used to screen embryos for a genetically inherited condition) to test if the embryo will be a match for the sick child; once doctors identify the embryos that match, they can then be selected for implantation in the mother's womb
“Once a child is born, umbilical cord blood is taken at birth which can be used to harvest stem
“autonomous persons have intrinsic worth bc they have the power to make rational decisions and moral choices and should therefore be respected” (Vaughn, 2013). informed consent: “demands that all patients be allowed to freely consent to or decline treatments and that they receive the information they need to make informed judgements about them” (Vaughn, 2013). this is lacking here when someone brings a child into the world solely for the purpose of saving the first child; no informed consent whatsoever utilitarianism: greatest good for the greatest number of