This text addresses the host of ethical questions that has arisen recently in response to the development of new reproductive technologies.

• Addresses the ethical questions which have arisen in response to new reproductive technologies.
  
• Helps students of theology, philosophy and health studies, as well as lay readers tackle these issues.
  
• Provides readers with relevant medical and scientific facts.
  
• Explains how different metaphysical frameworks affect the ways in which people solve these ethical problems.
  
• Topics covered include human embryo and embryonic cell stem research, infertility and its treatments, and prenatal screening and diagnosis.
  
• The author takes a balanced approach, acknowledging his loyalty to Catholicism, yet exploring freely the new options provided by advancing biological science.