Dr. James Nyikal

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2551 to 2560 of 3161.

• 22 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. I stand to support this Bill. It is important that we look at in-vitro fertilization, which is just one of the many ways of assisting couples who cannot get babies. There are other methods as has been indicated by hon. Sang. We have intra-uterine fertilization, or artificial insemination, which is slightly different from in-vitro fertilisation. In this case, the fertilization takes place outside. In the others, we transfer the sperms into the womb at different times. view
• 22 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. I stand to support this Bill. It is important that we look at in-vitro fertilization, which is just one of the many ways of assisting couples who cannot get babies. There are other methods as has been indicated by hon. Sang. We have intra-uterine fertilization, or artificial insemination, which is slightly different from in-vitro fertilisation. In this case, the fertilization takes place outside. In the others, we transfer the sperms into the womb at different times. view
• 22 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Basically, you have what takes place outside and what takes place inside. The Bill, as the title indicates is, to a large extent, talking of what happens outside. It is important that we look at the whole area. These things are going on in this country without the existence of a law. These technologies have far reaching consequences apart from just helping people to get babies when they cannot. Therefore, we should not allow them to go on without some form of law. I just want to raise the a few issues that we should look at. Being unable to ... view
• 22 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Basically, you have what takes place outside and what takes place inside. The Bill, as the title indicates is, to a large extent, talking of what happens outside. It is important that we look at the whole area. These things are going on in this country without the existence of a law. These technologies have far reaching consequences apart from just helping people to get babies when they cannot. Therefore, we should not allow them to go on without some form of law. I just want to raise the a few issues that we should look at. Being unable to ... view
• 22 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, there is the situation that once you have many embryos and you are transferring them, you will be forced to reduce their number. Ethically, at that point that is a human being. The issue is which embryos you will destroy, which one you will use and what you will do with the rest. These are the offshoots of the good technology that is making us have babies when we cannot. There are other issues. For example, such embryos can be frozen and kept for years. We need a law to say how long these embryos are going to ... view
• 22 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, there is the situation that once you have many embryos and you are transferring them, you will be forced to reduce their number. Ethically, at that point that is a human being. The issue is which embryos you will destroy, which one you will use and what you will do with the rest. These are the offshoots of the good technology that is making us have babies when we cannot. There are other issues. For example, such embryos can be frozen and kept for years. We need a law to say how long these embryos are going to ... view
• 22 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, there is even the bigger issue of parenthood, where you have undertaken in-vitro fertilisation and you have the embryo transferred into another woman on agreement. It has occurred many times that when it comes to the time of birth, the woman declares that it is her baby. We need a law that regulates surrogacy. At what time do we give up the rights of ownership of such a child? Cases have come up where couples even go to other countries where they hire wombs and then the mothers refuse with the baby. What is the situation? Such couples ... view
• 22 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, there is even the bigger issue of parenthood, where you have undertaken in-vitro fertilisation and you have the embryo transferred into another woman on agreement. It has occurred many times that when it comes to the time of birth, the woman declares that it is her baby. We need a law that regulates surrogacy. At what time do we give up the rights of ownership of such a child? Cases have come up where couples even go to other countries where they hire wombs and then the mothers refuse with the baby. What is the situation? Such couples ... view
• 22 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: offer their sperms for money? Can we allow the sale of embryos that are already stored in cold storage? Can they be sold? These are the issues that we need to look at. The definition of a ‘mother’ has always been easy but with this technology, the definition of a ‘mother’ or a ‘father’ becomes extremely difficult. In our situation, the Constitution says that there is parental responsibility, whether the couples are married or not. Can we imagine a situation where a young man in college donated a sperm, it was kept, he has forgotten about it and in future, ... view
• 22 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: offer their sperms for money? Can we allow the sale of embryos that are already stored in cold storage? Can they be sold? These are the issues that we need to look at. The definition of a ‘mother’ has always been easy but with this technology, the definition of a ‘mother’ or a ‘father’ becomes extremely difficult. In our situation, the Constitution says that there is parental responsibility, whether the couples are married or not. Can we imagine a situation where a young man in college donated a sperm, it was kept, he has forgotten about it and in future, ... view