Taking Hormones that spur ovulation

[T_Cone3]

What is the Church’s teaching on taking things such as Hormones which foster or create Ovulation. Is this type of procedure ok to do? what should she look out for in regards to this? I have a sister who is looking into doing such action. She is Catholic, but after talking to her she does not want to see what the church says on the matter. She states that this does not concern the church, it’s medical. She says she knows it’s ok, but I want to be sure because I care to help her with the Truth. What can I read and give her so her decision remains in line with Catholic teaching?

I hope this makes sense.

 

[Mark77]

**The NCBC, National Catholic Bioethics Center has a great deal of information on their website;

ncbcenter.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=261

here is a resource on Dignitas Personae on Reproductive Technologies ;

ncbcenter.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=1007
**
Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, Ora Pro Nobis Peccatoribus!

mark

 

[Seatuck]

usccb.org/LifeGivingLove/

Specifically see-
usccb.org/prolife/issues/nfp/treatment.shtml

“How do I know when a reproductive technology is morally right?”

The rule of thumb is:

        Any procedure which assists marital intercourse in reaching its procreative potential  is                  moral

        Procedures which add  a "third party" into the act of  conception, or which substitute a                     laboratory  procedure for intercourse, are not acceptable.