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In Vitro Fertilization Treatment (IVF), there is hope for a man's consent to use his sperm. In the recent case of Evans Vs UK in March this year, the Court of Appeal held that a man had to give his consent to use his sperm up until the point of implanting the formed embryo in to the woman's womb. This case regarded a man not wanting his wife to use his sperm in fertilizing the woman's stored eggs when they split before the IVF treatment.

However, I still contend that with any matters of reproduction, a man or woman's noble or selfish considerations should always be secondary and emphasis should always be the rights of the unborn child. Ideas of un planned or accidental' pregnancies should never be justifications for denying a potential child the right to life or put a woman through the traumas of post abortion stress. Religious bodies should re-enforce family life in marriage. Cultural values that applauded virginity before marriage should also be returned to. Parents should also play a bigger role in preparing their children for independence at maturity including preparedness for pregnancy and avoidance of casual sex.

It is very hard in this era to reduce abortion rates where sex is marketed as some thing to be taken casually and abstinence is limited by governments easily advocating for protection through condoms and avoiding pregnancies through contraceptive pills among other avenues; which do not guarantee conclusive avoidance of pregnancy. Abstinence and sex in marriage is some thing never advocated for; and surely most abortions could have been avoided if emphasis on this was made paramount. The Church plays its part, it is time for governments and high profile people to not only join them but also lead by example.

Dr. James Lutaaya
August 2007
l.james@weekendxpress.co.u k

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