The Church and Sterilization

Paper Summary:

This paper offers an introduction to sterilization and includes some brief information on the medical implications of sterilizing either parent in order to prevent pregnancy. The writer believes that terminating pregnancy, either before conception or even at the sterilization stage presents a number of dilemmas. The paper also provides research on the Roman Catholic ethical teachings pertaining to this issue.

Contents:
Female sterilization
The Drawbacks of Sterilization in Women
Male Sterilization
Disadvantages in Male Sterilization
Material Cooperation
Prudential Judgment
Excerpts from the Bible

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"To sterilize someone means to carry out a procedure in such a way, that the outcome results in the person becoming infertile, or emasculated. This means that whoever this procedure is performed on, will not be able to produce children while being sterilized. Not only is this procedure performed on women, but it is also performed on men as well. As there are different methods in sterilizing someone, it can be done on a temporary, as well as a permanent basis. Therefore, one should contemplate on his or her own situation very prudently before deciding on either one. This procedure, called "tubal ligation" in women and "vasectomy" in men, is designed to be a permanent removal of fertility."

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