Artificial Insemination
Nowadays, there have been many artificial methods that would enable couples to be parents of a child that has a direct genetic relation to them. One of these is the Artificial Insemination (AI), which dates back to the late 1700s when Scottish-born surgeon John Hunter successfully impregnated a woman with her husband’s sperm (Britannica.com, n.d). As a matter of fact, Article 164 of the Philippine Family Code mentioned AI stating that children born out of this medical procedure are considered as legitimate children of the husband and wife. What is Artificial Insemination and how is it done? “Artificial insemination is the process of inserting sperm directly into the woman’s cervix or uterus using a device” (Beauman, 2008). It is artificial in the sense that pregnancy, which is the main objective, is achieved other than the natural insemination process called sexual intercourse. But its quality of being “artificial” ends there as the egg is fertilized within the uterus ...