Ethical Nursing
Summary of impact on social values, morals, norms and nursing practice of Embryo Harvesting and Freezing/Genetic Manipulation (Posthumous Conception Case) Ethical issues related to case: http://www(dot)youtube(dot)com/watch?v=EIenB7qgIVk Washington Post article of Karen Capato Case: http://articles(dot)washingtonpost(dot)com/2012-03-19/politics/35450022_1_karen-capato-robert-capato-survivor-benefitsUS Supreme Court (2011) Ruling on Capato Case: http://www(dot)supremecourt(dot)gov/opinions/11pdf/11-159.pdf Description: Eighteen months after her husband, Robert Capato, died of cancer, respondent Karen Capato gave birth to twins conceived through in-vitro fertilization using her husband’s frozen sperm. Should technology be used to create live posthumously?
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Posthumous assisted reproduction entails treating widowers with frozen sperm in order to facilitate procreation. Karen Capato used this technology to conceive after his husband died of cancer. She gave birth to twins who could not receive social security benefits from the State. This raises the question of whether technology should be used to create lives posthumously (Simonstein, 2009). Consequently, this paper argues that technology should not be used to create life posthumously.
To begin with, embryo harvesting technology is developing faster than the law (Simonstein, 2009). The example illustrated above highlights this reality because the courts used different sections of the law to make a ruling. To be specific, the courts used an intestacy law control, which was biased because a similar case had not been witnessed. Even though the intestacy law was used, laws specific to children from posthumous conception would have resulted in...