Abstract
There is no doubt that for a couple who are having difficulties in conceiving,
having a child is an objective good. However, it is also indisputable that assisted
reproduction techniques raise clear ethical issues. In order to begin this bioethical
reflection, it should be clearly established that the early embryo, which can be
manipulated or destroyed using these techniques, is a living being of our species.
We believe this is unquestionable from a biological point of view, and it therefore
deserves our full respect. The bioethical assessment of assisted reproduction techniques includes analysis of the embryo losses caused by their selection and manipulation through preimplantation genetic diagnosis, ‘social freezing’ or the possible
lack of rigour in the information provided by the clinics involved, to which must be
added the higher morbidity reported in babies born as a result of these procedures.
