The Barren Womb and IVF Part 1 - A Protestant perspective

A Puritan's Mind ^ | Dr. C. Matthew McMahon

[CondoleezzaProtege]

“…but Hannah had no children.” - 1 Samuel 1:2

Is IVF, AID, or AIH (forms of Artificial Insemination) ethical from a Christian position?

There are two views by which I would like to investigate this. First by way of Joseph Fletcher who opposes the Bible, and second by way of the Biblical picture.

...Fletcher believes that AI is an answer for a problematic dilemma which carries couple to a wonderful end. (He is a avid adherent to Consequentialism – that the means does not matter so long as the ends are acceptable.) Though AI and IVF may involve masturbation, this “sinful” means does not negate the greater end by which the couple or single parent may be blessed.

...The Biblical record demonstrates that a child is a human being at conception. King David said that he was a sinner when his mother “conceived” him. Psalm 51:5 says, “In sin did my mother conceive me.” Here we see that David’s life, his being, began at conception. This reveals that God had a relationship with that fertilized egg – which at the time was known as sinful David only to the Lord. Yet, IVF uses more than just one fertilized egg as implantation devices. There have been cases where more than 20 embryos have been used as a precautionary measure; these are fertilized eggs from the parents which have entered the “conceived stage.” If any of these embryos is lost, the result is death; death of a human being. It is morally and biblically sinful to knowingly kill another human being. Imagine how many embryos have been frozen, thrown away, or killed off through experimentation because the value of human life has become almost obsolete in this day and age.

[Scarlett156]

I applied to work at a “fertility” clinic once. On the application it said that you have to be okay with abortion because almost every successful IVF involves the death of multiple embryos or fetuses - or mistreatment, as the less-viable embryos might be left in a permanent frozen state.

Yuck, you know?

This is how crazy our world has become: Otherwise healthy young folks are unable to conceive a child. (Which is a remarkable thing in and of itself.) So, desperate to have a kid (for some strange reason), they take part in an expensive ritual - the first part of which involves Daddy JO’ing into a cup with the help of porn mags. (Get ready for life as a dad, dude!)

There is the fertilization of multiple eggs, and then a sorting-through process takes place: You live, you die (or go into the freezer). This supposedly results in a healthy baby. Suuuuuure.

I’m not sure Gd is entirely on board with that, but today is Saturday so I’m not going to bother him.

Jesus: You always bother him.

Me: On purpose. Not going to bother him on purpose.

[JoanSmith]

IVF is not a good or healthy process, rife with demonic activity, sorry to say. Couples should love each other and have marriage-strengthing relations and put it all in the Lord’s hands. Many miracles have occurred because ‘barren’ couples continued to love each other and trust the Lord.