Defending IVF will allow future parents to fulfill their God-given desire to nurture a child
By Jeremiah J. Johnston Fox News
Published August 25, 2024 8:00am EDT
Republican senators push for federal IVF protection: ‘This should be bipartisan’
Sens. Ted Cruz and Katie Britt join ‘Fox & Friends’ to discuss their proposed legislation to protect IVF at a federal level after a Fox News poll revealed abortion as the top ‘deal-breaker issue.’
In vitro fertilization (IVF) is widely accepted as a blessing to parents of all religions and political persuasions. Thankfully, Gov. Greg Abbott strongly supports access to IVF.
But an Alabama court decision reignited questions about the personhood of embryos that had been put to rest years ago. Unfortunately, a small but vocal minority have fixated on this position, and it has certainly been no help to the pro-life cause or to families struggling with infertility.
Women struggling with infertility are being shamed with religious jargon, where some claim IVF lacks the “mystery of natural conception” or that children conceived through IVF are less than human.
All five Johnston children were born using the same IVF cycle and later transferring their frozen embryos. (Johnston Family)
It’s common for ethical questions like these to be viewed through the lens of newsworthy court decisions or interesting intellectual debates. But that’s not all they are. The topic of infertility is intrinsically personal and often painful, especially for women.
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My wife, Audrey, and I should know.
There are few things as difficult in a marriage as infertility. It’s assumed that if you’re married and desire children, you’ll be able to have them. Yet that wasn’t the case for us.
We struggled with infertility for a painfully long five years. We tried everything. We saw marriage counselors, met with fertility specialists and attended prayer meetings.
