View 1: Assisted conception in couples with HIV infection.

IInfertility centres are increasingly dealing with couples with HIV who strongly want to be parents. Preconceptional counselling and reproductive assistance for such couples have significant ethical and practical implications for the couple and the carers. This article addresses the ethical and practical issues concerned in assisting them to limit negative consequences, both for the couples and the future child. In general, there are four underlying principles that constitute the framework of medical ethics: