Are fertility drugs acceptable if a couple cannot conceive?
A. God created man in his own image and likeness: “male and female he created them” (Gn.1:27), entrusting to them the task of “having dominion over the earth”(Gn.1:28). Basic scientific research and applied research constitute a significant expression of this dominion of man over creation. Donum Vitae Intro. #2 The ability to develop drugs to overcome deficiencies of our bodies and find ways of curing illness and disease is part of our call to refine and perfect creation. Some cautions: • As in all medications, fertility drugs may have adverse side effects. It is easy to overlook these side effects for the sake of having a child. • Multiple births are common with fertility drugs. If ovulation produces too many eggs as a result of fertility drugs, aspirating some of these unfertilized eggs from the woman before intercourse is morally acceptable.
