How IVF Can Be Morally Right
In vitro fertilization (abbreviated IVF) is the process of joining a woman’s egg (ovum) and a husband’s sperm in a lab rather than inside a woman’s body. (The Latin phrase in vitro means “in glass.”) When the egg is fertilized by the sperm, the result is a living embryo, which is then implanted in the woman’s womb so that it can develop like any other baby.
Evangelical Christians differ on the moral acceptability of this procedure, and some respected evangelical writers argue that IVF is…
