ARTIFICIAL REPRODUCTION

Jerbies E. Llames, RN
DEFINITION OF ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION (AI)
1. depositing a man’s semen in the vagina, cervical canal, or uterus,
thru the use of instrument to bring conception unattained by sexual
intercourse.

METHODS
2. masturbation after a short period of abstinence from ejaculation (3-
12 days)
3. condomistic intercourse
4. coitus interruptus
5. anal massage of the prostate gland
6. direct puncture of the epididyms (excretory duct of the testicle)
TWO BASIC TYPES
1. HOMOLOGOUS INSEMINATION (AIH)
a. Homologous artificial insemination, DIY
b. Homologous IVF or embryo transfer
2. HETEROLOGOUS INSEMINATION (AID)
a. HETEROLOGOUS ARTIFICAL INSEMINATION
b. HETEROLOGOUS IVF OR ET
c. Ovum donor treatment
d. if man’s sperm is defective
1. another man’s semen is used
2. another man’s semen is used to fertilize the egg
cell in vitro, then embryo will be returned to wife’s
uterus
JUSTIFICATIONS FOR AIH
1. Husband’s impotence
2. anatomical defects of husband’s urethra
3. oligospermia
4. vasectomy
5. physiological obstructions
JUSTIFICATIONS FOR AID
1. Husband’s is sterile (azoospermia)
2. husband is a carrier of a hereditary disease
3. wife’s oocytes are defective or a carrier of genetically-linked
disorders
4. wife’s Fallopian tube are severely damaged by STI
APPLICATION OF ETHICAL THEORIES
1. Natural law- immoral, child is not a fruit of the conjugal act. AI is
contrary to the unity of marriage
2. Situation ethics- AI is our right to overcome childlessness
3. Utilitarianism- AI promotes more good than harm, more happiness
than unhappiness
4. Pragamatist- AI is more practical, beneficial, and useful technique
5. Kant’s- autonomous