The Adoption of Frozen Embryos - Nnadi, Rev. Fr. Anthony Okechukwu
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This book discusses the ethical dilemmas relating to the use of frozen human embryos. During an IVF process, after fertilization of the eggs, the embryos that are not needed immediately can be placed in the freezer to be preserved for future use. Regarding the fate of frozen human embryos, the possibilities include: i) donating them for stem cell research or for treatment of disease; ii) using them as a means for treatment of infertility; iii) permitting their destruction; iv) allowing them to thaw and die; v) allowing them to continue to stay in the freezer and vi) utilizing them in a form of…mehr

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This book discusses the ethical dilemmas relating to the use of frozen human embryos. During an IVF process, after fertilization of the eggs, the embryos that are not needed immediately can be placed in the freezer to be preserved for future use. Regarding the fate of frozen human embryos, the possibilities include: i) donating them for stem cell research or for treatment of disease; ii) using them as a means for treatment of infertility; iii) permitting their destruction; iv) allowing them to thaw and die; v) allowing them to continue to stay in the freezer and vi) utilizing them in a form of prenatal adoption. As the book reveals, it is only the proposal to adopt the embryos that can be considered in terms of moral permissibility because the rest do not respect and protect the dignity, integrity and life of the human embryo. The book focuses on the proposal for prenatal adoption. The anthropological dimension of adoption reveals that the ethics of adoption is based on gift and acceptance and that adoption is a concrete manner of expressing love and solidarity. Thus, an abandoned child is received with love to be permanently a member of the adoptive family. The husband and wife who did not beget the abandoned child, generate him/her through the intrinsic generative power of their love. With this, it was demonstrated in this book that prenatal adoption is compatible with the dynamic of adoption. Prenatal adoption as Dignitas personae reveals is praiseworthy because it protects and saves human lives, but it presents various problems. Based on the declarations of the Catholic Magisterium, there is a prolific Catholic debate on the morality of prenatal adoption. Some agree it is morally permissible, while others disagree. Most arguments in the Catholic debate are centred on whether prenatal adoption separates the unitive and procreative meanings of marriage. This book proposes a reconsideration of prenatal adoption, sticking strictly to the Magisterial prudential judgement.
Autorenporträt
Rev. Fr. Dr. Anthony Okechukwu Nnadi was born in Owerri, Imo State Nigeria. He is a priest of the Catholic Diocese of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli, Italy. Rev. Fr. Dr. Anthony Okechukwu Nnadi is currently the parish priest of Saints Quirico and Giulitta Church, Barbarasco and the administrator of five other parishes. He is also the delegate for ecumenism and interreligious dialogue for the above-mentioned diocese. Fr. Anthony Okechukwu Nnadi holds the following academic degrees: Bachelor of Arts (B. A) in Philosophy, Imo State University Owerri, Imo state Nigeria, Bachelor of Philosophy, Pontifical Urban University, Rome Italy, Bachelor of Theology, Faculty of Theology of Central Italy, Florence Italy, Licentiate in Bioethics, Pontifical University Regina Apostolorum, Rome Italy, Doctorate in Bioethics, Pontifical University Regina Apostolorum, Rome Italy and Licentiate in Moral Theology Alphonsian Academy (Faculty of Theology of the Pontifical Lateran University), Rome Italy where he is ready for a Doctorate degree in Moral Theology. Fr. Nnadi is a lecturer of Bioethics and Moral Theology in the School of Theological-Pastoral Formation of the Diocese of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli, Italy. Fr. Anthony Okechukwu Nnadi is the author of the following books: "In Difesa della Vita Nascente. Statuto dell'Embrione Umano" ( In Defence of the Nascent Life. Status of the Human Embryo (with presentation by Prof. Dr. Maurizio P. Faggioni), "LibreriadelSanto.it" Padua (2015); "Il Volto Umano della Medicina. Il Rapporto Medico-Paziente" (The Human Face of Medicine. Doctor-Patient Relationship (with presentation by Prof. Dr. Maurizio P. Faggioni), "LibreriadelSanto.it" Padua (2016) and Distribution of Resources in the Nigerian Health Care System. Ethical Considerations and Proposals Applying Catholic Social Teaching, XLIBRIS, Bloomington, Indiana, USA (2020). He was the Editor-in-chief of "The Pointer", a Philosophy Journal of the Seat of Wisdom Major Seminary Owerri, Imo State Nigeria. He is the author of the articles: «A Biological Proof of the Personhood of the Human Embryo», published in The Catholic Medicare (An academic Journal published by the Federation of Catholic Medical and Dental Students of Nigeria); «Embrioni Crioconservati: Cosa fare di Loro? Una proposta di adozione» (Cryopreserved Embryos: What to do with them? A proposal of Adoption), Vita Apuana, 4 ottobre 2015 and other academic articles.