Do No Harm!!

Do No Harm!!

• Do No Harm!!

• What is harm?

• Harm who?

• Harm now or harm later?

Current mother of 6

• Current mother of 6

• Divorced

• Unemployed

• Medical condition does not allow her to get out of bed due to a bad back

• Income paid by state of California

Done at same hospital

• Done at same hospital

• 6 embryos implanted

• Children delivered early

• All children still alive

• Success?

# of embryos implanted

• # of embryos implanted

• Parent rights to reproduce

• Parents rights to provide for children

• Clinic’s options to refuse care

• Doctor’s options to refuse care

• Government rights

State/Federal money used on procedure – does this change rights?

• State/Federal money used on procedure – does this change rights?

• Mother’s sole income is welfare – does this change rights?

• Mother unable to work – does this change rights?

• Does society have a right to make laws over a woman’s body?

Ability/lack of ability to provide for family – does this change rights?

• Ability/lack of ability to provide for family – does this change rights?

• Religion – Does the debate run into this field as well?

As science advances, and we are able to do more and more procedures, the question shifts from can we do this to should we do this.

• As science advances, and we are able to do more and more procedures, the question shifts from can we do this to should we do this.