Is a pro-lifer also against in vitro fertilization?

Question

IV fertilization creates life. In the best of cases, a baby is actually born.

But it also involves making several embryos, most of which are discarded and destroyed.

So, in effect, IV fertilization involves killing several embryos to create one baby.

Should we also make that illegal, if abortion should be illegal?

Answer 1

This also raises the issue of stem cell research.

Far better to use those embryos to save other lives than let them go to waste.

It's a good question.

IVF is such an important technology. But it now also seems to get abused. Couples in their 60's using IVF to concieve are not what the technology was developed for.

It's an ethical question I've heard before as part of the stem cell debate.

I vote for giving infertile couples the opportunity to have babies and save lives with stem cell research at the same time.

Answer 2

I don't think either should be illegal. If you have never struggled with infertility, you can't understand the feelings that go into trying to have your own child, no matter what it takes. A lot of times, they will freeze the embryos for later use. That means that yes, you may loose a few when they are implanted, but usually the most that is implanted in the first place is 3. If a pregnancy doesn't happen, then it doesn't. It's the same with nature. Just because an egg is fertilized doesn't mean it will implant in the uterus. Your chances of actually getting pregnant naturally are only 1/10. The difference is that these women are watched more closely then normal women.

Also, those embryos that are frozen can be used later. The don't get rid of that many, and have now found that stem cells used from the discarded embryos can help save lives.

I'm pro-life, but I'm also pro-choice. Most say you can't be both, but you can. I believe in the woman's right to choose. I won't try to talk any of my patients into an abortion, and I don't do them in my practice, but it isn't my place to say that she shouldn't do what she feels she has to. I really can't say what I would do if I was raped and ended up pregnant. You never know how you would feel unless you are in the same situations as some of these women. And until you are in that situation, you can't say what you would do.

I don't believe in abortion for an unwanted pregnancy, that was conceived from a consensual act. That is wrong in my opinion. If you don't think you are ready for a baby, give it up for adoption. That's the way I feel about it.

Answer 3

I actually am against it for that reason and because there are so many babies and children in state custody who need homes.

Is sharing DNA, or the family profile really so important that we can't love children of other nationalities or from other families who need placement?

In the states, they're coming around to letting adoptive parents know what is in a child's profile and assisting with adoption expenses (and even in long-term assistance for high need children). It means getting certified, which Jim and I are researching in our area.

I think most people don't know until they go through with IV that they'll have to choose which embryos to terminate. Some women refuse and end up losing all of them. It's heartbreaking.

Answer 4

First off, abortion will never be illegal. The "Supremes" have declared late term abortion is illegal but that's different.

Parents also don't always "discard and destroy" most of the embryos. Are you going to make it so that some couple can never have a child? IV is their only hope!

Answer 5

I'm not against in vitro, because the couple is trying to have a baby, and bring life into the world.

Answer 6

Personally, I am somewhat against IV because it goes against nature and natural selection. We are retarding our own evolution by evolving better medical solutions, rather than letting our DNA fix the problems over generations. That's not to say I don't appreciate what the field of medicine can do for us. I just see how it isn't helping us as a species over the long run.

Not to mention the fact that there are plenty of babies who need to be adopted. I can understand wanting to have "your own" baby, though.

Answer 7

Someone made a point that I am still pondering. The Bible states that "the life is in the blood". So technically, you can make a case that life does not begin until blood is formed. With this argument in place, your scenario would be acceptible.

Just make sure you know where your compass is pointing.
http://www.schneblin.com/studies/pdfs/what_would_you_do.pdf

Answer 8

So many people trying to play God.
No wonder there is so much confusion. God is not confused about life and death. God gives life and God takes it away.
Man makes these immoral laws and then is confused about how to inforce them. Throw away the law book and this is what we get, confusion.

Answer is you really are not looking for the truth. You only want to add to the confusion that man has made in his own laws.

Answer 9

Darn good question. We just went through in vitro, it failed, but technically you could take it down to a male wasting sperm doing himself as illegal since all those potential babies will die.

Answer 10

Wow, that is actually a good question. One star for you.

My cousins had a baby through invitro . . .w/ abortion I have my personal beliefs about it, but I will not put my personal beliefs on another woman.