Moral Issues In Reproductive Technology

As our society explores medical science and the many possibilities it holds, we also discover more moral issues. In the case of reproductive technology, people question whether using sperm from a ramdom donor to impregnate a woman is ethical. Even though the donor will have no part in the child's life, he is technically the child's biological father. The issue here is dealing with the family and who are the child's real parents. Being a parent doesn't mean that it was your sperm that fertilized the egg, being a parent is about caring for the child. A parent is someone who puts in the time and effort and does all the dirty work it takes to raise a child in our society. A parent loves and protects their child no matter the sacrifices. Ask a child who has parents that used a sperm donor who he/she considers his/her real parents and most likely, they will tell you that the people who raised them are their parents, not the donor.
There are also similiar cases where a wife cannot concieve and it is necessary to use a surrogate mother to birth the children using the husbands sperm. There are similiar moral issues here as with the sperm donor. Is it right for a woman to give birth to another couple's children. And again I propose the same argument that parent should not be a term defined by medical standards, being a parent is about love and hard work. I understand why some people don't agree with sperm donors and new reprodcutive methods, but people should be glad that science has discovered a way to bring the miracle of life to families who would have previously been alone or who's only option was to adopt.