Do you think RE's have a moral responsiblility?

CBL

GenRN45:

CBL:

Honestly if the basic tenant of hippocractic oath is to first do no harm, then they not only  have a moral obligation, but a legal one. 

You know they don't really take an oath, right?

Um, thanks, but I don't see where I said that they do.

Yellow_Daisy

Nikki818:

When I ask my RE why, he said that it's mostly FDA guidelines that they are working in when it comes to any donor cycle.   I just find it amazing that there are so many restrictions and disease searching done on donor recipients, yet, RE's can move forward w/ no problems on women who are dealing w/ severe diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer, whatever.  All these diseases can cause serious harm to the mother during pregnancy or afterwards.  

I have severe RA, there are days I can't pick my son up without help.  I go to physical therapy 2 times a week to help with my hands so I can carry him and care for him.  I take a medicine that could give me cancer and destroys my immune system.  I take chemo to decimate my white cell count to control the disease.  I get sick easily because of this and can easily end up in the hospital.  But with all that said my son is loved, healthy and well cared for.   I have a support system for when times are hard and there are days I struggle, persevere and deal with the pain because that is my life.  RA is not a disease I will die from, but with your reasoning I could see a RE saying they wouldn't treat me because of it.  Should my RE have said "no I won't treat you because you may struggle to care for your child or because I have a degenerative disease?".  People have diseases, some are made worse by pregnancy, but I don't think anyone should have the right to tell someone they should or shouldn't have children.  

I also don't believe in anyway that there is a moral decision to be made here.  Whose morality are we all supposed to live by?  Yours?  You could die tomorrow so if you truly believe that a RE has a moral responsibility for the children they help to conceive then your RE shouldn't allow you to get treatment, after all there is a possibility you could die before your children are grown.