A common problem with infertile men and women is that they have a physical blockage in the pathways in which the sperm has to travel. “In many cases these can be eliminated by surgery to eliminate adhesions that have closed the tubal pathways or to remove obstructive growths such as cysts that may be present.” Drugs can also be used to remove some less severe blockages. “Notably clomiphene citrate, bromocriptine and human menopausal gonadotrapin, have been very successful in correcting the hormonal imbalances which cause a females ovulation, or egg production, to be erratic or absent” this type of treatment however raises the chance of a woman having a multiple birth because of the release of more than one egg at ovulation.

IVF otherwise known as test-tube conception is a complicated procedure in which the eggs are removed the women and fertilized with the male sperm outside the body, and then replaced back into the same or a surrogate mother for normal gestation. This is used when there is, tubal damage, a

Transplant surgery is a controversial subject among many people, especially religious people. In this section I now going to look at religious peoples views on transplant surgery.

‘Only God has the right to interfere with our genes’.

They believe like Roman Catholics that life is gift from god and as such it shouldn’t be tampered with. They believe that all children should be born into married couples otherwise the child is illegitimate. If the child does not know who both of there parents are then it is wrong to have the child. The egg and sperm must both come from the couple who are having the child otherwise it is considered adultery. If a surrogate mother is used then the child legally belongs to the surrogate mother not the couple because of this Muslims do not accept sperm or egg donations or surrogate mothers. They believe like the non Roman Catholics that an embryo does not have human status and is only a potential life therefore they would accept IVF and AIH, although they would still have ethical problems about experimenting on embryos.

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