To me, it is the opposite side of the birth control coin: an artificial replacement of the marital act. This is, of course, separate from the problem of the embryos not carried to term which should be prohibited.
Targeting certain times of the month for "relations" (a la fertility awareness) often aids a couple in conceiving within 6 months to a year.swimmerbabe11 said:
If I ever am faced with this issue, I will adopt instead.
Well, yeah, the end result is the same. But the difference lies in the means or the actions/intentions that lead to the destruction of the embryo.Rocag said:
Don't a lot of embryos fertilized the normal way also fail to successfully implant? What difference does IVF make in that case?
Precisely because it's not "normal." It's not the natural and God appointed means of having children. Any death as a result of it is not a "natural" death. Obviously it doesn't carry the same culpability as abortion or discarding fertilized embryos, but people should be encouraged to think through the ethics before proceeding.Rocag said:
Don't a lot of embryos fertilized the normal way also fail to successfully implant? What difference does IVF make in that case?
But the means of doing so...Rocag said:
The intent of IVF is for the woman to get pregnant. That's kind of the entire purpose of the procedure.
747Ag said:Targeting certain times of the month for "relations" (a la fertility awareness) often aids a couple in conceiving within 6 months to a year.swimmerbabe11 said:
If I ever am faced with this issue, I will adopt instead.
AstroAg17 said:
For those of you who are pro-life, are you also against the use of IVF? Do you see the decision to have an IVF procedure as morally comparable as the decision to have an abortion?
This topic is sort of stolen from the politics board, but it's interesting and I never thought about it until today. IVF will typically result in the creation and destruction of many fertilized eggs, whether it occurs through implantation failures or through disposal in the lab after the procedure.
The comment wasn't so much about that, but that some people believe themselves to be infertile without being deliberate about timing. I've run across such people.swimmerbabe11 said:I do understand how making a baby works.747Ag said:Targeting certain times of the month for "relations" (a la fertility awareness) often aids a couple in conceiving within 6 months to a year.swimmerbabe11 said:
If I ever am faced with this issue, I will adopt instead.
AstroAg17 said:Who is going to carry them?Aggie4Life02 said:
Unused fertilized embryos can be adopted. That is the correct course of action if extra embryos are created.
AstroAg17 said:
Unused embryos here refers to "extras", which were prepared but not implanted in the female. They don't make them one at a time. They make a batch, they implant some, they wait, and if the woman gets pregnant then they either store the unused embryos or destroy them. So they are not in a female, and are probably not very good candidates for adoption.