What are the important moral issues concerning in vitro fertilization, stem cell research and human cloning?
• Human In vitro fertilization: the Catholic Church opposes in vitro fertilization (IVF) techniques. All forms of IVF are prohibited by the Church.1 The Church teaches that IVF reproduction methods “are contrary to the human dignity proper to the embryo, and at the same time they are contrary to the right of every person to be conceived and to be born within marriage and from marriage. Also, attempts or hypotheses for obtaining a human being without any connection with sexuality through “twin fission”, cloning or parthenogenesis are to be considered contrary to the moral law, since they are in opposition to the dignity both of human procreation and of the conjugal union.” (Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith’s “Instruction on Respect for Human Life in its Origin and on the Dignity of Procreation”, February 22, 1987) • Human adult stem cell research: the Catholic Church fully supports research and treatment with adult stem cells, providing all conditions for legally valid informe
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