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Sparks, Susan M.

doi:10.1016/s0029-6554(99)90081-7

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“…"To fulfill one's positive obligation to sustain life, it is sufficient to perform 'that by which regularly a man can live.'" 36 The moral components that appear operative here are not natural as opposed to artificial means, but those means that offer a reasonable hope of benefit in regard to cure and return to health. Excessive burdens in terms of financial costs or inconvenience of lifestyle are measured by "the semi-objective standard of the common person regularly con s i d e r e d , " o r w h a t w e r e f e r t o a s t h e "reasonable person standard."…”

Section: Ethical Aspectsmentioning

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Cryopreserved Embryos: A Catholic Alternative to Embryonic Stem Cell Research and Adoption

Clark¹

2011

Embryonic Stem Cells - Basic Biology to Bioengineering

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Section: Ethical Aspectsmentioning

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“…12 This clearly shows that a number of embryos transferred fail to survive, which is why multiple embryos are transferred per cycle and why numerous cycles are required. On average, 2.7 embryos per cycle are transferred in women under 35, with an average of 3 in older women. Depending on the embryo quality, up to 5-6 embryos can be transferred.…”

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Cryopreserved Embryos: A Catholic Alternative to Embryonic Stem Cell Research and Adoption

Clark¹

2011

Embryonic Stem Cells - Basic Biology to Bioengineering

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“…One is not obliged to sacrifice one's whole means of subsistence, nor one's general lifestyle, nor one's homeland in order to acquire a cure or obtain optimum health. 35 It appears that De Vitoria adopted the 16 th century's version of the "Reasonable Person" criteria. "To fulfill one's positive obligation to sustain life, it is sufficient to perform 'that by which regularly a man can live.'"…”

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“…"To fulfill one's positive obligation to sustain life, it is sufficient to perform 'that by which regularly a man can live.'" 36 The moral components that appear operative here are not natural as opposed to artificial means, but those means that offer a reasonable hope of benefit in regard to cure and return to health. Excessive burdens in terms of financial costs or inconvenience of lifestyle are measured by "the semiobjective standard of the common person regularly considered," or what we refer to as the "reasonable person standard."…”

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Frozen Embryos: Application of the Extraordinary/Ordinary Means Distinction from the Catholic Perspective

Clark¹

2010

IJGO

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The history of the Catholic Church's position on the ordinary-extraordinary means distinction dates back to the 16 th century Dominican moralists. The tradition holds that an ordinary means of preserving life would be all medicines, treatments, and operations, which offer a reasonable hope of benefit for the patient and which can be obtained and used without excessive expense, pain, or other inconvenience. An extraordinary means would be all medicines, treatments, and operations, which cannot be obtained or used without excessive expense, pain, or other inconvenience, or which, if used, would not offer a reasonable hope of benefit. The distinctive element of the tradition is that it is a patient-centered, quality-of-life approach which is consistent with how the 16 th-century-Dominican moralists viewed this distinction. Therefore, a person is not morally obligated to use any means, and this would include natural or artificial means, that does not offer a reasonable hope of ameliorating the patient's condition. The ethical issue is whether this distinction can be applied to the issue of "frozen embryos." As a result of invitro fertilization it has been estimated that there are 500,000 spare embryos frozen with an additional 20,000 embryos added yearly. The issue is now what to do with the 500,000 frozen embryos that remain as "spares." Various alternatives have been suggested. The embryos could be thawed and then destroyed, continued to be cryopreserved indefinitely, used for embryonic stem cell research, or offered for donation/adoption. From the Catholic perspective, because these embryos are considered "human persons" it appears that the only viable ethical option would be to declare the process of cryopreservation an extraordinary means of life support, stop the process, allow the embryos to thaw and then to die naturally with dignity and respect.

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Cryopreserved Embryos: A Catholic Alternative to Embryonic Stem Cell Research and Adoption

Cryopreserved Embryos: A Catholic Alternative to Embryonic Stem Cell Research and Adoption

Frozen Embryos: Application of the Extraordinary/Ordinary Means Distinction from the Catholic Perspective

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