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President Donald Trump
claims he is the “most pro-life president” in American history. But is he?
This week, Trump
signed a new executive order protecting and promoting in-vitro fertilization. Practically speaking, the EO has few immediate implications. While the EO recognizes “the importance of family formation” and acknowledges that American “public policy must make it easier for loving and longing mothers and fathers to have children,” the EO also requests “policy recommendations to protect IVF access.”
The goal to “protect IVF access” raises an important question: From whom, exactly?
It makes sense that in a society battling a growing infertility problem and a declining birth rate, IVF is celebrated as a technological achievement. So why shouldn’t we use technology to assist those struggling to conceive children naturally? After all, we use technology to solve other biological problems, and IVF, in theory, provides a solution to infertility and fights back against the declining birth rate.
Who, then, opposes IVF? Pro-life Christians — and for good reasons.
If you dig below the surface, you discover significant ethical, moral, and societal problems with…
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