HLT 305 Ethical Issues Related to Assisted Reproduction

ETHICAL ISSUES RELATED TO REPRODUCTION

: HLT 305

Assisted reproductive technology otherwise known as fertility treatment uses various methods to achieve pregnancy. According to the CDC, the use of these methods has doubled in the last ten years. There has also been an increase in the number of successes based on the most recently collected data as at 2012. The current percentage of people born through ART (assisted reproductive technology) living in the United States is at 1% which, quite frankly, is a lot of people (Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART), 2014).

In the case of surrogate parenting, an agreement is reached typically between an infertile couple and a woman who is to carry a baby for this couple....