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Mon May 28, 11:01 AM ET
STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Swedish authorities have granted three families the right to screen embryos to create a child who can be a stem cell donor for a sibling with a deadly illness, officials said on Monday.
The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare has approved the highly-controversial procedure for three families whose children risk dying unless they receive a transplant of healthy stem cells from a sibling with a tissue match.
Under the procedure, an embryo is tested in vitro for a desired genotype before implantation into the uterus, in what is called preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD).
That has been allowed for some time in Sweden, in particular to screen for single-gene diseases such as cystic fibrosis as well as chromosomal abnormalities such as Down's Syndrome.
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2007-05-28 21:17:01 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
We pray for them.
2007-05-28 22:28:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Catechism of the Catholic Church states:
Organ transplants are in conformity with the moral law if the physical and psychological dangers and risks incurred by the donor are proportionate to the good sought for the recipient.
Donation of organs after death is a noble and meritorious act and is to be encouraged as a manifestation of generous solidarity.
It is not morally acceptable if the donor or those who legitimately speak for him have not given their explicit consent.
Pope John Paul II's encyclical Evangelium Vitae states:
1. Organ and tissue donation is heroic and praiseworthy.
2. The donor must be dead before organs and tissue can be harvested.
3. The determination of death is left to medical experts.
By the way, Pope Benedict XVI is a registered organ doner: http://www.zenit.org/english/archive/9902/ZE990204.html#item10
With love in Christ.
2007-05-31 01:11:23 · answer #2 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Science gone mad. That is all I can say.
2007-05-29 04:19:55 · answer #3 · answered by great gig in the sky 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
and they call themselves civilized... :-(
2007-05-29 04:32:22 · answer #4 · answered by Andrew B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋