"Dear Father" | Manipulation and destruction of embryos required for in vitro fertilization make it immoral
Submitted on May 05, 2010
By Fr. Edward J. Richard, MS
Question:
I have read that there are about 400,000 human embryos frozen and stored in laboratories in the United States that are left over from in vitro fertilization (IVF). Catholics seem to use IVF like everyone else. But hasn’t the Church said it is immoral?
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