What are the reasons why church is against In vitro fertilization?

      

What are the reasons why church is against In vitro fertilization?

  

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Wilfred
1. IVF is against God’s moral orders i.e. women to get children through conception after meeting a man.
2. It can be treated as adultery in cases where by women get sperms from donors who are not their husbands.
3. It promotes same sex marriages and single parenthood hence demeaning the role of marriage.
4. IVF is immoral as it interferes with the temple of God.
5. The method of extraction of sperms has a question. A question comes on women who sleep with men in order for the man to release sperms which are held in a condom. Are they prostitutes? At times men ejaculate in artificial vaginas to give their sperms, Is this masturbation which is condemned by many religions.
6. It may be prone to lucrative business where the sperm banker does not reveal the true identity of the owner of the sperms.-There is case of one scientist who donated his sperm and became a father of 183 kids.
7. Problems may arise if the baby who has been conceived portrays qualities which the buyer did not desire. The baby may be rejected.
8. Denies children their right to parental love in cases whereby single women undergo IVF.
9. IVF is not is not right to play because the doctors play the role of God by interfering with the basic biological functions.
10. This process is unfair to children out of old parents after menopause e.g. beyond 62 years.
11. The scientific innovations spoil the meaning of marriage in the society. In the bible or Koran, it’s the right of the woman to have sex with the man and vice versa.
12. In cases of surrogate mothers, IVF becomes a problem to them because they develop natural affection for the child.
13. It is expensive to undergo through the process.
14. IVF infringes the child’s right to natural birth. This becomes stress to him or her because he may be despised latter on in life.
Wilfykil answered the question on March 13, 2019 at 10:10


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