Brandão Pedro, de Pinho António, Ceschin Nathan, Sousa-Santos Ricardo, Reis-Soares Sérgio, Bellver José
Instituto Valenciano de Infertilidad (IVIRMA Global), Plaza de la Policia Local 3, 46015 Valencia, Spain; Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Alameda Professor Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal.
Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Alameda Professor Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal; Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa, Avenida do Hospital Padre Américo 210, 4564-007 Penafiel, Porto, Portugal.
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2022 May;272:230-233. doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2022.03.046. Epub 2022 Apr 4.
Recently, a technique of assisted reproduction was developed to allow lesbian women to share biological motherhood of their offspring - the ROPA method (in Spanish - Recepción de Ovocitos de Pareja; in English - Reception of Partner's Oocytes), also known as lesbian shared in vitro fertilization. One mother provides the oocytes (genetic mother) and the other receives the embryo and gets pregnant (gestational mother). As for most issues related to medically assisted reproduction, this technique raises a lot of ethical questions in respect to patients, future offspring, gametes, and embryos. Furthermore, the fact that it is directed to homosexual women poses its own issues, both biological and social in nature. This is a state-of-the-art review of the main ethical dilemmas related to this technique, primarily focusing on the basic principles of bioethics, but also specific concerns directly related to this kind of treatments.
最近，一种辅助生殖技术被开发出来，使女同性恋者能够共同成为其后代的生物学母亲——ROPA方法（西班牙语为Recepción de Ovocitos de Pareja；英语为Reception of Partner's Oocytes），也被称为女同性恋者共享体外受精。一位母亲提供卵子（基因母亲），另一位接受胚胎并怀孕（妊娠母亲）。与大多数医学辅助生殖相关的问题一样，这项技术在患者、未来后代、配子和胚胎方面引发了许多伦理问题。此外，该技术针对同性恋女性这一事实本身也带来了生物学和社会方面的问题。这是一篇关于与该技术相关的主要伦理困境的前沿综述，主要关注生物伦理学的基本原则，同时也涉及与这类治疗直接相关的具体问题。
