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SDLS 2008 Bio Ethical Principles Governing Obstetrics 2
SDLS 2008 Bio Ethical Principles Governing Obstetrics 2
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Medicine for the intoxicated
Subject: Bioethics Lecture Date: January 19, 2006
Topic: Basic Bioethical Principles of OB 2 Transcriber(s): Zhaleen and Beth
Lecturer: Fr. Danny Tiong No. of pages: 3
Man’s dignity as a person endowed with a spiritual soul and with a moral responsibility
The dignity of a human person is spelled out by the 5 fundamental principles of bioethics:
♥ Sanctity and Inviolability of life
♥ Human Dignity
♥ Autonomy
♥ Stewardship and Accountability
♥ Totality
Implied in moral responsibility, is the autonomy of the human person to be able to make his own choices
and decisions.
PRENOTES
♥ Where do we see the dignity of a human persons?
o In the soul
Which is why we mentioned earlier, in any intervention to the physical, we should
always have to consider the higher level, which is the soul-, the intellect and will-
dignity of the human persons
Man is said to be made in the image and likeness of GOD, and this is seen in the
soul, our freedom, our intellect and our will is actually the image and likeness of
God in us
On human procreation…
It requires the responsible collaboration of the spouses with the fruitful love of God
The gift of human life must be actualized in legitimate marriage
♥ Because it is in marriage that exclusive acts between husband and wife are performed in order
that procreation may be done.
♥ Does NOT mean that any illegitimate child has no right
Legitimate marriage
♥ Civil – proper marriage license
♥ Religious – church, whatever denomination
PRENOTES
♥Collaboration- means that both spouses understand the consequence of their actions, that mere
act itself can result to child-bearing in the part of the woman, and fatherhood on the part of the man
Both spouses partake in the creative work of God; therefore they are co-creators, assuming the duties as parents
for the propagation of the human species.
PRENOTES
♥We must remember that our parents are the image of the invisible God in out domestic church,
which is the family
o We must be subject to their authority having been specified in the 4th commandment
The gift of human life must be actualized in marriage through the specific and exclusive acts of husband and wife in
accordance with the laws inscribed in their persons and in their unborn.
***The spouses should keep in mind that their mutual self-giving and the resulting procreation should be an expression of
authentic personal love
***Birth regulation does not focus on numbers, not on quantity but on quality of rising up children
CONJUGAL ACT
Unitive
Moral aspect
♥ Love-giving
♥ Moral/spiritual oneness or unity of husband and wife
Husband and wife render mutual help and services to each other through an intimate union of their persons
and their actions
Procreative
Physical aspect
♥ Life giving
The natural ordination of the conjugal act towards the creation of human life
***Giving Assisted Reproductive Technology can’t be totally accepted due to the separation of these two
PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS
Prenatal diagnosis
Must respect the life and integrity of the embryo or fetus
Must be directed towards the safeguarding and healing of the individual
2 instances where prenatal diagnosis can be done
♥ To establish health of fetus
o Ex. Amniocentesis
o Ethically acceptable
o But whatever the outcome may be, the fetus may not and cannot be aborted, but should be
allowed to live
o Cant’ terminate pregnancy based on the diagnosis
Ex. Anencephaly, Down Syndrome, Spina bifida
o Can be used to prepare the parents as to what’s to come
♥ To treat an embryo
o Must be done with:
The outmost care
High probability of success
Low risk
May not be done if there is an intention to terminate the pregnancy if it is discovered that there are
problems, malformation, and congenital anomalies.
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***You can’t sacrifice the fetus’s life for the mother’s life
Strictly therapeutic
Aim is to heal
No direct attack either on the life of the unborn or life of the mother
We cannot say, “Fetus, you die for the sake of mom,” or “Mom, you die for the sake of the fetus.”
If there is maternal-fetal conflict…proceed to the next one
The nature of the disorder or trauma determines which one can be possibly saved
No preference; pending on the nature of the disorder or trauma.
The one who has a greater chance of survival, should be saved, the other would die a natural death
This is the information that the doctor should give the family
Do not allow the family to choose which life should be saved
Both the mother and the baby are treated with reverence
Because both lives are equal in value
♥The value? LIFE
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