Artificial Insemination

Artificial insemination involves various kinds of responsibility in human reproduction. The problem of modern biomedical technology is that there are many things that "who is responsible" appears. Artificial insemination is one of the new technologies including this issue, including ethics and social responsibility. In "artificial insemination", Munson asked not only who is responsible, but also the responsibilities and rights of sperm donors, and the problem of father's identity in this case.

The historical story of artificial insemination has been successful and the fact that artificial insemination of animals is globally accepted has been accepted globally such as cryopreservation of gametes, ovarian stimulation and circulation regulation, embryo freezing and cloning Will give momentum to the innovation and development of technologies that are now familiar. Many of the principles currently used for artificial insemination are adopted from the study of livestock, especially the study of cattle. New interest in sperm cleansing procedures through the use of frozen / thawed donor samples and introduction of in vitro fertilization is the most important milestone in the history of artificial insemination.

For humans, the situation is different. Artificial insemination was originally intended to help the couple pregnant in case of physical or mental infertility in males. Currently, artificial insemination with semen without homology is most commonly used due to unexplained mild male factor infertility. In the last century, donor insemination was mainly used for male infertility due to azoospermia or very low sperm numbers and hereditary genetic diseases associated with the Y chromosome. Today, women who are not male partners (lesbians or single women) use the donated artificial insemination more frequently.

Artificial insemination can use reproductive assistance technology, sperm provision and animal rearing technology. Available artificial insemination techniques include intrauterine insemination and intrauterine insemination. Beneficiaries of artificial insemination may interfere with complete sexual intercourse if they are single women, lesbian-related women, heterosexual but infertile male partners, or physical defective women. Cervical Insertion Artificial Insemination (ICI) is the simplest and most common insemination technique that can be used at home for self-insemination without the need of a physician. Artificial insemination is more expensive and invasive than natural fertilization (ie, by sexual insemination) and may require professional assistance.