Question

Discussion Question #1: A 56-year-old widowed woman is living alone but has always wanted to have a baby. She has read about reproductive technology and the methods used to help women conceive, and she formulates a plan and contacts a local for-profit fertility clinic. At the clinic, the woman tells her fertility doctor about her longing to have a baby. She says she realizes her eggs may be too old for her to conceive, so she suggests that donor eggs and donor sperm be used, but she wants to gestate the embryo herself, with the help of hormone treatments. She is financially secure and can pay cash for all treatments. Her plan for raising the child includes naming a 39- year-old nephew and his wife as parents if her child should become orphaned. She produces a letter of consent from her nephew and says she will draw up a will leaving her money to a trust fund for her child, to be administered by his adoptive parents if she does not survive to raise the child herself. Because most women do not have their motives examined before they become pregnant, should the clinic consider the woman's motives and her plan before deciding to help her?

Answer 1

Yes. the women's wish is to be definitely considered. She has financially secured to carry out all the treatment. She also ready to prepare will to safeguard the child and make one of her relatives as the chid's guardians in her absence. But the doctor must also consider her physical stability and health condition to bear a child at this age. The emotional status of women is also important for growing a healthy baby in her womb. Because Her age or health condition doesn't affect the baby in any situation. So the medical team must clear of her health status to bear a baby before proceeding further plan.