TRANSCENDING DEATH: BIOETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS ON POST-MORTEM ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION

Abstract

Post-mortem artificial insemination constitutes a method of medically assisted reproduction that is ethically controversial. This method, which has been developed as an outcome of technological advances in the field of medicine, aims at the conception, pregnancy, and birth of children who, from the beginning of their creation, have been deprived of a parent due to death. This raises bioethical concerns relating to the consent of the deceased, the rights of the child, and the intentions of the surviving partner. Post-mortem artificial insemination has been the subject of intense criticism and has become a matter of legal, political, and ethical concern. The bioethical dialogue broaches the potential for human beings to transcend death through this method of reproduction, thereby initiating a perpetual cycle of ethical-philosophical debate. This article contributes to the existing body of literature on the subject of post-mortem artificial insemination by offering a comprehensive review and analysis of the implications and concerns surrounding this practice.