Dignitas Personae Explained

Infertility and the suffering associated with it has always been a tragic part of the human experience. This is especially true today. Various medical remedies have been developed to deal with human infertility, with artificial reproductive technologies being widely used. There are many treatments for infertility which are approved by the Catholic Church. But the use of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and related technologies have been condemned as contrary to the natural moral law. This book porvides both an account of Church teaching and why the Church teaches what she does in a way that is accessible to the interested layperson.
"Dr John Fleming reflects on, and amplifies, this new teaching document of
the Church to make it all the more accessible to those who ought to benefit
from it: not only those in the pew but also those in the laboratory who are not
even religious." - Dr John Hass, from the Foreword.

Dr John Fleming is an internationally renowned expert in bioethics with a
past career in the mainstream media. He is Adjunct Professor of Bioethics
at Southern Cross Bioethics Institute (Adelaide, South Australia), and a
Corresponding Member of the Pontifical Academy for Life (The Vatican). Dr Fleming was a foundation member of UNESCO's International Bioethics
Committee which worked on producing international law in relation to
human rights and the human genome.