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IVF | Regina | Wednesday, September 22, 2004 |
Question: Dear Brother, Thank you for this wonderful site and for the wonderful work you are doing. I have been married for 6 years and unable to conceive. I would not want to do anything that is against the Catholic Church. My friends and relatives all suggest that I go for IVF. I just know that the Catholic Church disapproves of this. I would like to know more of the Catholic Church stand in IVF (like vatican letters etc), to make my relatives understand. The priest here is not of much help. Thank you so much and God Bless you all. |
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Question Answered by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM+
Dear Regina: You are correct, IVF is condemned by the Church as is all other forms of artificial fertilization in that it removes from the equation the mutual self-giving of the spouses with each other in the marital embrace. In addition, most people seem to forget, but in order to have one successful birth through these artificial fertilization techniques several babies must die. I do not remember the stats for sure right now, but I think it is in the neighborhood of 6 or 7 babies are conceived in order to have one implantation. The others of die of course. Since this is not in the natural order, but is a deliberate intrusion of man's technology and man's insensitivity to the fact that it is deliberating killing several babies to facilitate one live birth. Here is the official teaching from the Catechism:
God Bless,
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