She had over 140 of them, one of them made it, the others were killed. Where does that 140 number come from? My understanding is that the normal practice is to extract a number of eggs, fertilize them, freeze them, and then implant them about 3 at a time. More eggs are not taken and fertilized until all of the first batch are used up.
Further, if a technician takes an egg from a petri dish and attempts to implant it, but fails, how is that any different from a woman having an egg fertilized in utero and having that fail to implant? I'm just conjecturing here, but I would guess that if Ms. Shields and her husband were trying dilligently to have a baby the 'natural' way, her body was probably dumping about one fertilized egg a month. Should people with such problems be condemned for trying?
Should people with such problems be condemned for trying? >>>
If they are Catholic Yes, If we intend to be a pro-life nation, YES. That's why we have adoption.
I was told at the conference that as many as 20 eggs each time are fertilized. Most websites/clinics do not go into the issue as to how many eggs are fertilized.
And what they are doing now is taking oocytes out of the ovaries from ABORTED GIRLS!!
Here in this article the bishop uses the ratio of 24 (total embryos):1 (baby being born) Only God knows the total number of his Children Murdered.
There are an average of 24 embryos destroyed or frozen in order for one IVF baby to be born. The moral principle violated by this procedure is the most fundamental of all moral tenets: one can never do an evil in order that good may come of it. Here, the sacrifice of the 24 babies in order to get one or two to grow into healthy children is so wrong that it overrides the infertile couple's right to have a child. The couple I met was aware of that moral principle and could not in conscience participate in such an act.