NCM 108 -LESSON 3  Non hormonal LARC

WEEK 2  Hormonal LARC

What are the ethical issues of

ISSUES ON CONTRACEPTION: contraception?
ITS MORALITY & ETHICO-
MORAL RESPONSIBILTY OF  The right to procreate or reproduce;
NURSES  The process of in vitro fertilization itself-is it
morally acceptable to interfere in the
reproduction process?;
WHAT IS CONTRACEPTION?  The oral status of the embryo;
 The involvement of a third party in the
 Contraception aims to prevent pregnancy. reproductive process by genetic material
 A woman can get pregnant if a man’s sperm donation;
reaches one of her eggs (ova)
 The practice of surrogacy, cryopreservation
 Contraception tries to stop this happening by:
of pre-embryos; genetic manipulation;
 Keeping the egg and sperm apart
experiments on pre-embryos.
 Stopping egg production
 Stopping the combined sperm and egg
 There are many ethical aspects which derive
from the application production control in
(fertilized egg) attaching to the lining of
womens health , women health can be
the womb
enhance if women given the opportunity to
 Contraception is concern is with Rightness
make their own reproduction choices about
and the Wrongness and the use various
sex, contraception, abortion, and application
methods by which conception can be
reproductive technologies.
prevented in the conjugal union the
instrument use to obstruct union between  The main issues raise ethical dilemmas
female and male sperm can be physical or following development assisted reproduction
chemical. techniques are the right to procreate or
reproduce the process of vitro to fertilization
TYPES OF CONTRACEPTION itself is it morally acceptable to interfere in
the reproduction process the moral status of
 Natural FP/Fertility awareness method the embryo in the reproduction process the
 Calendar moral status of the embryo the involvement
 Ovulation method of a third party in the reproductive process by
 Symptothermal genetic material donation the practice of
surrogacy, cryopreservation of pre-embryos,
 Hormone monitoring
genetic manipulation, and experiments on
 Barrier methods pre-embryos.
 Male condom  How Contraceptives works specifically the
 Female condom contraceptive methods, the involve the
 Diaphragm changing of the lining of the uterus to prevent
 Cervical Cap in plantation from recurring, create and
 Sponges & spermicides ethical or moral issue for some people? Most
 Combined Hormonal Contraception people believe that life begins at conception.
 COCPs Whereas others believe it begins at
 Extended-period: implantation.
 Seasonale
 Combined Hormonal Patch:
-EVRA
 Combined Hormonal Ring
Nuva Ring
 Progestogen-only pills
 Long Acting Reversible Contraception
(LARC)
 The ethical issue develops for individuals
who believe that life begins at conception.
When contraceptive methods fail to prevent
ovulation or fertilization, the changing uterine
ling is used to prevent the fertilized egg or life
from implanting in the uterine wall. It is this
action that leaves people believing they have
crossed an ethical boundary. Another ethical
issue of contraception is the.
 Belief of when personhood begins.
 Belief that personhood begins at fertilization.
 Though there are many arguments against
such a view, the catholic church depends the
God’s mind idea strongly in practice which
informs its view on the contraception. While
they claim that conception is the beginning of
personhood, in practice, it acts as if a human
being is a person before conception. In short,
Catholics believes that God is a will for each
person before conception. A person who
begins with God’s thought of a person using
contraception therefore, would seem to go
against God’s will. On this view, it interferes
with God’s plan for that potential human
being. Many believe also that person would
begin at fertilization when the genes from two
parent cells combined to create a unique
genome. From this point forward, the
organisms has all it need to become a fully
functional person and therefore, the
blastocyst should be considered a person.
Many protestants support this conception
view of the origin of personhood, we strongly
inform the protestant view of conception. If
personhood begins at fertilization, that has
implications for the use of contraceptives. On
this view, because personhood does not
occur prior to fertilization, the prevention of
fertilization is moral, personhood is not
stopped. Rather, it is prevented from
beginning.
Justification of Contraception
 Parenthood and birth are matters of moral
responsibility and intelligent choice.
 An Individual should be the one to determine
his/her fertility, and should be able to control
his/ her fertility, and should be the one to
control his/her fecundity.
 One should be able to decide how many
children one is able to bear and support.
 Contraceptive technology makes men and
women persons of will and decision, and not
merely inert and powerless bodies subject to
church proscriptions.
 Contraception checks the transmission of
recessive disorders or genetically-linked
diseases.
 What then is the ethical moral genetically
linked diseases. What then is the ethical
moral responsibility of nurse in handling
issues on contraception?
What then is the ethico-moral
responsibility of nurses in
handling issues on
contraception? [P.S THIS QUESTION
WILL BE ANSWER DURING ONLINE]

Is contraception moral? Or Immoral?

 The way in which people view beginning of
personhood has a large effect on their view of
contraception. If personhood begins before
conception, it is logical that contraception would
be immoral because it does not allow a person to
become a living being. It robs a person of life.
However, A personhood begins at conception or
after. Contraception simply prevents a human
from forming. No life is taken or robbed. It is
simply not permitted to begin. If so, then, use of
contraceptives is moral and within the will of God.
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