SWA #22

• SWA #22: PRE-WORKSHEET for Essay 4. Post on your blog AND bring TWO hard copies to class!!!
• • (A) Prepare a paragraph or two describing a problem to be solved by the policy/proposal you are going to develop in essay 4. 
  • (B) Prepare a working thesis for Essay 4. 
  
  A) The problem of In Vitro Fertilization that I will attempt to find a solution to relates to IVF's most prominent opponent, the Catholic Church. Under Catholic Doctrine, those Catholics who do IVF, as well as other fertility medicines, are violating the "sanctity" of sexual intercourse. In Donum Vitae, the Church's official statement on IVF, sex is clearly defined as a procreative act intended to bring together man and wife. Nevertheless, one could argue that, because of the sincere love that exists between an infertile man and wife (or vice versa), it is as equally an act of love to struggle and try and have a child against what society may say, against what their family may say, and even against what their own religious doctrine may say. Despite being considered an "unnatural" act by many, In Vitro Fertilization is a procreative process that should be supported and nurtured as a way of bringing new joy into the world, regardless of whether sex is an aspect of it.
  
  B) Despite being considered an "unnatural" act by many, In Vitro Fertilization is a procreative process that should be supported and nurtured as a way of bringing new joy into the world, regardless of whether sex is an aspect of it.