Bioethics at the scene of assisted human reproduction technologies

• Main Authors: Irene CAMBRA BADII, Elizabeth ORMART
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca 2016-04-01
• Series: Revista de Medicina y Cine / Journal of Medicine and Movies
• Subjects: inseminación artificial con donante (iacd); derecho a la identidad; paternidad
• Online Access: https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/medicina_y_cine/article/view/13584

<p>Advances in Reproductive Technologies confront us with new scenarios and practices where this interrogation seems to be necessary. Throughout the cinematic narrative presented in the film Starbuck or the remake Delivery man (Ken Scott, Canada, 2011, USA, 2013) we can analyze different perspectives related to Artificial Insemination with Donor, in dialogue with the right to identity and the right to privacy.</p><p>The story of the main character of the film (David) tells two events that change the course of his life: first, his girlfriend reveals that she is pregnant and plans to have the child without his help, and that same day he was told that there’s a claim about David’s sperm donation, around twenty years ago. As a result of these donations, 533 children were born, of whom 142 want to know him, find out his name.</p><p>This unusual situation leads us to analyze it from three perspectives: from the bioethical point of view, from the responsibility and subjectivity.</p>