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Sep 10th, 2007 - 18:59:21
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Question
What is the most inexpensive way for a couple to have a baby when the male has had a vasectomy?
Thank You, Jennifer
Answer
Dear Jennifer,
There are really only two commonly accepted ways to do this. Either have the gentleman undergo a vasectomy reversal (or vasovasostomy) or seek counseling from a "reproductive technology" medical group regarding the technique of sperm aspiration from the testis/intracytoplasmic sperm insemination. The latter is more expensive by a factor of two or three than the former. And ICSI is morally unacceptable for a Catholic, since it separates the loving, unitive parental embrace of sexual intercourse from the procreative event of sperm and ovum fusion. Humanae Vitae http://www.ewtn.com/library/ENCYC/P6HUMANA.php is quite clear in teaching us that every child has a right to be conceived via the marital embrace of its parents. Creating human life in a Petri dish is clearly not what the Lord intended for us. If you want a detailed discussion of the technique of vasovasostomy click onto my website (http://www.gregpolitomd.com), pull up my essay on vasovasostomy, and click to Dr. Harry Fisch's excellent paper.
Gregory Polito, MD, KM, is President of the California Association of Natural Family Planning.
Dr. Polito is a urologist in private practice with vasovasostomy (vasectomy reversal) as a subspecialty.
He is a Member of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, and Chair of Board Quality Committee at Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital in Whittier, CA.
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