Reproductive Issues

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Reproductive Issues

• Cloning Sean Tang
• Contraception Olivia Narvaez
• In vitro fertilization Elena Castillo
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  Kevin Swanson
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  Alexi Papalexopoulos

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Introduction

• Human sexuality is a very complex issue.
• We need to be very serious about our sexuality
  for every choice we make there is a consequence.
• There are many perspectives of human sexuality,
  psychological, social and biological.
• Even though there are cultural differences in how
  we approach our sexuality, we should always deal
  with our sexuality in the context of life, human
  love and family despite the temptations of the
  modern society we live in.
• Our sexuality is a gift from God and we should
  always try to maintain the standards of holiness
  which His Word commands.

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Ethical Questions

• How can we balance the inherent right to live
  with individuals right to control their own
  body?
• How can we determine and effectively implement
  the appropriate purpose of human sexuality?
• How can we choose between the value of human
  embryos and advancing medical research?
• How can we define when a human has the right to
  live and who can has the right to make that
  determination?

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Foundation of Human Sexuality

• Book of Genesis - God created humans in his
  likeness.
• Our sexuality is intimately bound with God
  because God chose to make his son, Jesus, a
  sexual being.
• Our God given sexuality is a core way of relating
  to others.
• It is a means towards achieving true love.
• Human sexuality is a gift from God therefore, it
  is something to cherish and use responsibly.

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Purpose and restrictions of Human Sexuality

• Sexual intercourse is only permissible between
  married couples.
• The main purpose of sexuality is procreation.
• A second is that sexual intercourse is an act of
  unification in spirit between married couples.
• This entails a deep expression of love to enhance
  the relationship of marriage.
• Outside of marriage sex is morally wrong.
• Since human sexualitys main purpose is
  procreation it is morally wrong to interfere with
  its intended purpose.

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Contraception

• What are contraceptives?
• Prevents pregnancy
• Allows for safer sex
• What are different birth control methods?

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Churchs View on Contraception

• Sexuality is a gift from God.
• Church opposes contraception and birth control.
• Sexual relations should occur with the
  responsible purpose of producing babies.
• Sex must be generative.
• Therefore, the church opposes same sex and
  abortion because it is not generative.

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in vitro fertilization

• What is IVF?
• What is it used for?
• Infertility from the bible
• Sarah
• Hannah
• Elizabeth

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in vitro fertilization

• What are the church teachings regarding IVF?
• Why is it immoral?
• Alternatives to solve the problem
• LTOT
• GIFT

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Cloning

• Cloning is a process of reproduction without
  sexual intercourse.
• The nucleus of an animals cell is transferred
  from one animal to another, producing a new
  embryo with the same genetic material.
• This process has been tried on animals, but
  scientists say that it can be used for human
  cloning.

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Christian Viewpoint

• Christians are against cloning.
• 90 of cloned embryos will be miscarried or
  stillborn.
• The openness of having a child is lost when
  performed through cloning.
• There is no room for Gods creativity when a
  human is cloned.
• Cloning dehumanizes the act of procreation.
• God made man in His image, but when a human is
  cloned, the faces of God are all the same.

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Results of Catholic Sexuality

• Human life has value at conception
• This dignity and value has to be respected as a
  human being.
• As a human being the potential baby has
  individual rights and intrinsic value.

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Ethical Questions

• How can we balance the inherent right to live
  with individuals right to control their own
  body?
• How can we determine and effectively implement
  the appropriate purpose of human sexuality.
• How can we choose between the value of human
  embryos and advancing medical research?
• How can we define when a human has the right to
  live and who can has the right to make that
  determination?

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Bibliography

• Birth control methods.womenshealth.gov, July
  2005, U.S Department of Health and Human
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  aq/birthcont.htm
• Sparks, Richard. "Human Sexuality." American
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• Pontifical Council for the Family , "The Truth
  and Meaning of Sexuality." New Advent . 11/21/95.
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  ibrary/docs_cf9601.htm.
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• Yuengert, Andrew. "An Outline of Catholic
  Sexuality Good News." Andrew Yuengert Pepperdine
  University. Pepperdine University. 6 Oct 2006
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