Singer’s second argument for his opposition against the Church’s position is the ‘success’ of IVF. He states that over three million people have been conceived by IVF, and for him, this is a true value of success despite the numerous embryos that are either destroyed or left frozen with an uncertain future. The Church is highly critical of IVF because of the fact that so many embryos are left unused. Singer attempts to counter this by arguing that “this outcome is not, however, very different from natural conception, for the majority of embryos conceived by sexual intercourse also fail to implant with the woman often not knowing that she was ever pregnant”. However, for the Church, the fundamental differences are, the elimination of the conjugal …show more content…
While there are successes with children being born, other lives are destroyed in the process. The Church argues that this is a terrible offense to the human life that begins at conception. It is important to recognize the human person from the moment of conception, and for this reason, embryos ought not to be treated as a ‘product’. In the current practice of IVF, this is not a possibility as more often than not, more than enough eggs are fertilized. If IVF is the only way a couple can conceive, is the Catholic Church, by opposing IVF, saying that a couple has no right to …show more content…
However, it is absurd to argue that a child born of IVF is somehow less perfect than one conceived through sexual intercourse. It is difficult to understand the claim stated in Donum Vitae, “the generation of the human person is deprived of its proper perfection; namely, that of being the result of a conjugal act”. I fully agree with the Church’s opposition to the massive storage of ‘left-over’ embryos and the intentional destruction of embryos. However, it also has to be more compassionate of the struggles of many couples who face the struggles of infertility, societal blaming and the deep desire for biological children. Singer suggests that the Church could offer better objections to IVF. One such is the adoption of the world’s many orphans. While this could be an applicable objection to IVF, it does not take into consideration the Church’s fundamental issue with IVF: it is not a matter of conception itself, but the mode of conception and how conception occurs. However, the Church could be motivated by this in seeking other ways that are more understandable to couples than the moral issues. One such method is presented by Kathryn Morgan. She argues against the false presentation of the success of IVF and different oppression faced by women who undergo IVF. She argues that IVF, along with other reproductive technologies, contributes to a profound experience of
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