Childlessness and the church : an investigation of the tension that is to be found in theRoman Catholic Church between church teaching on assisted reproduction

Abstract

The thesis is about the tension found in the Roman Catholic Church between Church teaching on assisted reproduction and the opinions of lay people, theologians and members of the clergy on this topic. It is both a documentary study and a qualitative study of members of the faithful to discover the reasons for their choices concerning certain reproductive methods and also their interpretation of Church teaching.