IVF

One obvious Pro of IVF is having your own biological child. Many couples use IVF as a last resort for having their own children. While the church accepts adoption as a vaild way to become parents, the child is not biologically yours, and many couples want a biological child. Some of the Cons of IVF include the church regards IVF as immoral, unused embryos are frozen indefinitely or destroyed, and IVF threatens the sanctity of life. The Church’s teaching brings up some good moral points about IVF. The Church believes that life starts at the moment of conception, which in the case of IVF is in a petri dish. Also, all of the extra embryos, that are destroyed, are an unnatural ending to a human life. IVF is very expensive and couples that strongly desire to have a baby will pay any amount in order to have a child. IVF doctors are taking advantage of couples who desire to have a baby. They force the couple to pay large sums of money to have a baby. According to the article, one couple had 11 unsuccessful IVF treatments that cost them $100,000. This couple really wanted a baby, so the amount of money that they spent did not matter. IVF treatments can cost thousands of dollars and still be unsuccessful.