Call for Papers Special Issue November 2022: ART and Medicine: Explaining The Moral Dimensions if Assisted Reproduction

Abstract

The Catholic Church distinguishes between two categories of artificial reproductive techniques (ART): those which assist the normal functioning and finality of conjugal relations and are acceptable, and those which replace conjugal relations, which are not. Catholic clinicians, ethicists, theologians and pastors are called to explain the differences between these in order to help couples, often in difficult situations, to remain faithful to God’s plan for marriage, family, and the common good. Surprisingly few people, Catholics or otherwise, have ever heard that some ART procedures are immoral.