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Sikhism: Practices That Shape Religious Identity

Sikh bioethics: infertility and assisted reproduction

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Teaching on marriage, children and the body applied to fertility treatment, and the range of positions Sikh scholars take.

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What value does Sikhism place on marriage and family?

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How does Sikh teaching regard childlessness?

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Does Sikhism have a central authority to rule on bioethics?

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  1. 1

    What value does Sikhism place on marriage and family?

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    The Gurus rejected celibacy and made the householder life the Sikh norm. Children are regarded as a gift of God within marriage.

  2. 2

    How does Sikh teaching regard childlessness?

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    Childlessness carries no religious stigma, since everything happens within hukam. Social pressure within Punjabi culture can nonetheless be considerable.

  3. 3

    Does Sikhism have a central authority to rule on bioethics?

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    Sikhism has no magisterium issuing binding rulings on medical questions. Couples decide before the Guru Granth Sāhib and in consultation with the sangat.

  4. 4

    Which Sikh principles bear on assisted reproduction?

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    Hukam, the equality of women and the duty of compassion all apply. Honest dealing and the integrity of marriage also shape the discussion.

  5. 5

    Why is there no Sikh prohibition on medical intervention?

    Model answer

    Medicine is treated as a legitimate use of God-given knowledge. Sikh teaching praises the relief of suffering wherever it is possible.

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    What is the Sikh view of adoption?

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    Adoption is accepted and often encouraged where a couple cannot conceive. Care for a child in need fits the Sikh duty of sevā.

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