What are the christian views on IVF?
I am a Roman Catholic Christian, the Catholic Church is against IVF because a child is meant to be created between a man, a woman, and God not a man, a woman and a doctor. God must be part of the equation and unfortunately pregnancy by injection is against the natural balance of things. Check this article out The moral status of in vitro fertilization (IVF) Biology and method By John B. Shea, MD FRCP Issue: January/February 2003 Infertile couples sometimes resort to IVF in order to conceive a child. IVF is a laboratory technique by which human embryos are conceived in a petri dish which contains a culture medium. The woman is given hormones which stimulate her ovaries to produce up to 30 or more oocyte (ova). These are retrieved by inserting a needle into the ovaries via the vagina with ultrasound guidance. These oocyte are mixed with sperm. The sperm is obtained by masturbation and is usually donated by the husband. If the husband is infertile however, the sperm may be obtained from a
