Donald Trump has usually made great decisions. His plan to back IVF is not one of them. IVF is immoral. The moral reasoning behind this may not be readily apparent, but the Catholic Church has a very good explanation as to why it is wrong. Good won't result from this.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church states that a child should be conceived through the love of their parents, not through medical intervention. The church considers in vitro fertilization (IVF) immoral because it replaces the intimate union of a couple. The Church teaches that the only moral way to conceive a child is through the loving embrace of the marital act. The dignity of the child requires this of us. This beautiful, wonderful expression of love between the husband and the wife works in cooperation with God to create a totally separate human being. That is why we call it procreation rather than creation.
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And not only that, since the success rate is low, many embryos. aka human beings are destroyed. This is a worse evil than the reason above. In fact more humans are killed through IVF than abortion.
After our biological child was born, my wife and I were up against this. Ultimately we rejected IVF and adopted. It was the right decision. Hopefully President Trump will recognize this and reverse his decision.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church states that a child should be conceived through the love of their parents, not through medical intervention. The church considers in vitro fertilization (IVF) immoral because it replaces the intimate union of a couple. The Church teaches that the only moral way to conceive a child is through the loving embrace of the marital act. The dignity of the child requires this of us. This beautiful, wonderful expression of love between the husband and the wife works in cooperation with God to create a totally separate human being. That is why we call it procreation rather than creation.
IVF Catholic Church Teaching in the Catechism | HLI
It is natural for couples, infertile couples included, to desire children. But according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, IVF is not...
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And not only that, since the success rate is low, many embryos. aka human beings are destroyed. This is a worse evil than the reason above. In fact more humans are killed through IVF than abortion.
After our biological child was born, my wife and I were up against this. Ultimately we rejected IVF and adopted. It was the right decision. Hopefully President Trump will recognize this and reverse his decision.
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